Negative Camber on front wheels

[haromaster87]

Hey guys,


So before I purchased my car, the PO had a great deal of work done on the car. One of the things he did have done was having most of the suspension components replaced. I have the receipts and I could see that it looked like the ball joints and other components were replaced.

However, the car always had a notable bit of negative camber on the front. I looked under there the other day and noticed the lower control arm busings were squashed out, cracking, and just looked old and worn out. Found that strange as all of the other components had been replaced, but who knows.

I've read up on the replacement of just that bushing and it appears to be something I can do. But I do have a couple questions first.

1. Considering everything else looks to be in good shape, is there anything else I should really investigate as contributing to my neg camber? Or can some really worn lower control arm bushings cause that on their own?

2. I know the spring has to be compressed for this. Someone mentioned using a Lisle Spring compressor, but the link they used was broken. The only thing I found that looked like it would work was this:

Lisle Corporation

Anyone know if that would work? The person said the one they used wouldn't compress it for full removal, but enough to do this job.

3. Once I get the bushings repalced, should I have my aligntment redone? I don't think those bushings would affect the alignemnt directly, but the wheels should be in a more alert stance afterwards and idk if that would affect the current alignment.

Thanks guys!