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All of the NOS shocks I've seen for my A2 have been upwards of $80 to $90 a piece. Not to mention most of the NOS shocks have been sitting around for what? 10, 15 maybe even 20 years depending. They may look good when you get them but think of it this way If you went to your local parts house...

The alignment was $170 the shims and the camber work where $125 = $295 total. The owner was a Vietnam Vet so he loved the truck and took pity on me and my lack of funds so he only charged me $150 for everything and I promised to hand out some of his cards to my friends.

Oh, almost forgot. My tie rod ends, king pin bushings, drag link, and pre-load all checked out. I will pull the shocks off this weekend to check them out. Thanks Clay.

Okay fellas, Front end is fixed. After a few hours under her and a few bouts of Tourette's and a couple busted knuckles I decided to take it to the shop. I'm glad I did. I wouldn't have been able to fix her in the driveway. I watched and asked a crap load of questions as they unFUBARed my truck...

Groovy, Thanks for the clarification.

It makes sense to me. "The link from the pitman arm to the axle knuckle" do you mean the drag link? And no I haven't checked my shocks or my Front bearing preload. I would have no Idea how to check that. Is there a TM that covers it.

I was between 1/8 and 1/4 toe in. Those measurements where taken with out any adjustments. My toe in was only 1/16 out and I am still cupping like this. That's my issue.

Okay Red, I did my measurements and if I got it right I am toe in 3/16. That's only 1/16 off what the TM suggests. Is that 1/16 going to make that big of a difference that outside of my passanger side tire should be wearing so unevenly. Incase your wondering my tire pressure is good at 50psi...

Ya, I think I'm picking up what your laying down. I'll give it a shot. I guess I was trying to cut corners.

Okay. So you dont move the truck? As I read the TM I understood that you mark the tread on the front 3 O'clock position, measure then roll the truck back or forth till that same mark is at the 9 O'clock position and measure again. What your telling me is to make two marks. One at 3 and one at...

Okay, I'm more confused than ever now. I found center of each tread at 18.3" above the ground. My measurement from mark to mark is 67.75 on the front side. I then moved the truck till the marks where on the back side appx 18" off the ground. I measured again and I got 67.57 on the back side...

Thanks for the info on the toe in issue and the tie rod end inspection. I would assume that I need to do the tie rod end inspection before I make my toe in adjustments. Second, when you spin the tie rod itself to adjust your toe in do you need to take the pressure off the front wheels or can...

Thanks for the help fellas, planning on getting it done this weekend.

I looked at the toe-in adjustment in TM 9-2320-361-24-2. I get it and now understand the procedure. However I have a few questions. The TM says to loosen both tie rod end bolts and turn the tie rod itself to find the proper toe in of 0.13in. My Q is do you loosen both rod ends if only one tire...