So my truck is from Canada and has some rust underneath, not to terrible. Long story short, I needed an alignment due to the truck pulling to the left after a flat on my front left this last weekend. Took it to Les Schwab and they aligned it as best they could and was pretty darn close to factory spec but they couldn’t do a lot of adjustment because my camber bolts are rusted in place. Les Schwab quoted me $1700 do do my lower control arms as well as replacing the camber bolts but said it wasn’t necessarily needed yet as the alignment was pretty much in spec. I took it for a drive and it still feels like it’s pulling ever so slightly to the left. I was going to lube up those camber bolts and see if I could free them up so they can be adjusted. The thing about the control arms is that I don’t think they’re bad I think they’re still fine, only 100k on the truck. So I’m wondering if I can’t free up those camber bolts why can’t I just replace the camber bolts by leaving everything in place and removing/replacing 1 bolt at a time? Or do the arms absolutely have to come off? If the lower arms have to come off I might as well replace them, they’re only $105 a piece (Moog). I’m just hoping to save a little time and money if I can just get away with replacing the adjusters and not having to disassemble everything else. Any advice is appreciated….
So… I had my entire suspension replaced on my 2016. I supplied all parts. The camber bolts per the mechanic are notorious for needing to be cut out. He quoted me $200 . I got 4 oem from rock auto for $16 each. I had hit a bit over 100k mi. I purchased all of this and higher end parts like timkin wheel hub assembly’s etc. I like being able to pick out my stuff not off the auto part store shelf or some Chinese crap they will use and charge 3x the price.
New plugs and pcv valve
New rotors and pads
New wheel hub assembly’s
New upper and lower control arms front
New tie rods inner and outer
New sway bar links
New sway bar frame mount bushings front
New struts spring units
New upper and lower rear control arms
New track bar
New sway bar links
New sway bar bushings frame mount rear
New shocks
Most was bought from rock auto. The tie rod kit from parts geek and the wheel hubs from Amazon. All in with shipping, it came to about $1500. The mechanic charged me $1500 including alignment and a few other odds and ends he did. I figured cheaper to get it all done rather than piecemeal over time. Also back in the day I would have done all this myself in my driveway so he couldn’t BS me on time. I gave him a nine hour window to get all that done which anyone worth their salt should be able to do in that timeframe. One thing he did mention was he was surprised with 111000mi the parts were still in decent shape. Plugs were pretty clean as well.