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What kind of shape is your core support in at the front body mount? I've seen several rust enough to collapse slightly at/above the body mount and that would certainly put undue stress in the locations where your inner fender cracked. Also, if you trimmed the lower corners of the core support for clearance like many here do, that could be the cause too if it isn't properly reinforced. Or, I suppose it could be the body mount itself failing. Very unlikely in my opinion that it had anything to do with the snorkel - just a coincidence there I bet.I was working on a few things yesterday and had the passenger front fender (and snorkel) off and I noticed these cracks. I assume from body flex and making contact with the snorkel inlet where is passes through here to the airbox.
I welded up the cracks and all is well again in the world. Might be worth checking on your own rigs although I'm sure it's not a certainty on every rig with a snorkel.
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Good suggestion. I'll check the core support but it all looked good when I replaced the body mounts a couple years ago. Worth checking again to be sure. I have trimmed the lower corners of the core support, so I suppose that could have contributed.What kind of shape is your core support in at the front body mount? I've seen several rust enough to collapse slightly at/above the body mount and that would certainly put undue stress in the locations where your inner fender cracked. Also, if you trimmed the lower corners of the core support for clearance like many here do, that could be the cause too if it isn't properly reinforced. Or, I suppose it could be the body mount itself failing. Very unlikely in my opinion that it had anything to do with the snorkel - just a coincidence there I bet.
Don't forget to weld up that other crack in the bottom right hand corner of that opening in your pictures...
Camber and caster aren't something that they (typical alignment dude) can adjust, so they are what they are. The toe-in looks fair-ish, so I don't know that it's worth messing with either - especially if you're a lazy alignment technician! As long as your steering wheel is straight and it drives well, I'd say you're good to go.
You think his caster is "good to go"? lol
You can adjust toe at home. There are some threads on here about it. Camber, nothing to do there. Caster, you need caster bushings, new mounts or new radius arms like a Delta VS radius arm. So yeah they can't do much except adjust toe.
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First off, I never said the caster was good to go - I said it wasn't adjustable by the alignment tech. Is it perfect? Of course not. Is it ideal? Still no. But, it is still positive, which is better than a lot of lifted 80s can say. Plus, the OP didn't sound concerned about the way it drives, and hasn't mentioned how the last set of tires was wearing so I'm assuming it's OK in both of those categories. All he did was get new tires - nothing that affects alignment was changed. So yes, I'll stand by by "good to go" comment. lol.
apprentice hard at work in the background
He’s good for stealing bolts I drop and barking at nothing, I think I’ll keep him.apprentice hard at work in the background
