Help setting camber

[tucknroll]

I need some help. I put new upper control arm bushings in and now trying to get the camber just right. The lift it's on isn't perfectly level so I don't think a gauge will help. Should I just center the bolts and hope for the best? Thanks

[Highbanked Hauler]

   Loosen the control arm bolts so you can just turn them and with the car on the ground get a two foot carpenters level and you can get a camber measurement reading with the level vertically on the tire. and with a piece of heavy string you can set your toe. Thats the way I do mine. If you can ,put in a set of fast ratio steering arms before you get it aligned. It will make the most obvious improvement  to the front end steering, at least it did on mine.

[tucknroll]

Thanks!

[Scaregrabber]

Start with your front eccentrics pointing outwards and your rear eccentrics pointing inward.

[tucknroll]

Thanks!

[Kern Dog]

Start with your front eccentrics pointing outwards and your rear eccentrics pointing inward.

Yeah...This is always how I set the alignment after having stuff apart. In theory, you'd want to use the front cam to establish the caster and camber while leaving the rear cam set fully inboard.

[sccachallenger]

Back in the '80s (when people were still using our cars daily) I spoke with a tech who did a lot of front end work.
At his shop they always marked where the eccentrics are BEFORE taking everything apart.
He claimed 99% of the time the car was in spec after replacing parts and lining up the eccentrics.
If you can tell where they were, start there.
Now I realize this won't help if you're making other modifications, and probably won't be optimum for best handling, but for a stock-type rebuild it will allow you to drive the car without damaging the tires if that's what your concern is.