Front tire help 70 Duster
This has been discussed before with the poly strut rod bushings. The poly bushings are only one size and can push the LCA back depending on the strut rod type used. Because there’s no adjustment in the stock strut rods the bushing has to be the right size, otherwise the LCA won’t sit in the right location.
You can look at @autoxcuda ‘s post in this thread about cutting the poly bushings down to fit properly
Cutting strut rod bushings for correct geometry?
The amount may vary a bit, and it will affect your alignment. The amount of caster will change if the lower control arm moves forward. What you want is for the LCA to be perpendicular to the frame rail, with the LCA snug against the shoulder of the LCA bushing and the nose of the bushing snug against the K frame. Just like you don’t want the strut rod pushing the LCA backwards, you also don’t want the strut rod pulling the LCA forward.
In your pictures it looks like the shoulder of the LCA bushing has a gap to the LCA, which would indicate the LCA is being pushed backwards. It should look like this…
This has been discussed before with the poly strut rod bushings. The poly bushings are only one size and can push the LCA back depending on the strut rod type used. Because there’s no adjustment in the stock strut rods the bushing has to be the right size, otherwise the LCA won’t sit in the right location.
You can look at @autoxcuda ‘s post in this thread about cutting the poly bushings down to fit properly
Cutting strut rod bushings for correct geometry?
The amount may vary a bit, and it will affect your alignment. The amount of caster will change if the lower control arm moves forward. What you want is for the LCA to be perpendicular to the frame rail, with the LCA snug against the shoulder of the LCA bushing and the nose of the bushing snug against the K frame. Just like you don’t want the strut rod pushing the LCA backwards, you also don’t want the strut rod pulling the LCA forward.
In your pictures it looks like the shoulder of the LCA bushing has a gap to the LCA, which would indicate the LCA is being pushed backwards. It should look like this…
