Cam bolts

cornick · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:41 pm

Not to sound totally stupid...but I am.

Someone posted on newx that he doesn't have cam bolts.

Don't the cam bolts connect the front of the LCA to the frame? Or am I thinking of something different?

Forever,
Stupid

cornick · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:49 pm

Ok, I did answer my own question.

I guess I didn't realize that they would just put regular bolts in.

RIXterra · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:10 pm

The cam bolts are on the UCA's..

cornick · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:18 pm

On the UCA's and not the LCA's?

dmpmfd · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:21 pm

Well to adjust for alignment (in or out) you would need to adjust one "side" (top or bottom) of where the wheel would connect to the body. To make a dual adjustment possible sounds like your opening yourself up to more of a headache.

XterraPA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:07 pm

RIXterra wrote:

The cam bolts are on the UCA's..

Cam bolts are on the LCAs!

XVTer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:02 am

LCA's for 2nd gens

They're 4 bolts (2 each side) that bolt the control arm to the truck and they have eccentric washers to help with alignment of lifted vehicles :thumbup:

Never a dumb question

RIXterra · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:17 am

Duh I was thinking 1st gens.. Sorry Jeff!!!

**slapping forehead**

DaveP · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:50 pm

RIXterra wrote:

Duh I was thinking 1st gens.. Sorry Jeff!!!

**slapping forehead**

See what happens when you own 2 different Gens of the same vehicle.

RIXterra · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:06 pm

XterraVT wrote:

RIXterra wrote:

Duh I was thinking 1st gens.. Sorry Jeff!!!

**slapping forehead**

See what happens when you own 2 different Gens of the same vehicle.

Yeah really.. You start confusing the two.. :shock:

MtDewMike · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:49 am

AND, didn't Nissan stop putting the cam bolts on after '05?

XVTer · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:38 am

that they did; I had to buy aftermarket ones

RIXterra · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:18 am

So they replaced them with what regular bolts?

XVTer · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:41 am

Bingo. They found they could get 'within' alignment spec with non-eccentric bolts. I believe they did the same thing on the Frontier and the Titan.

XNY · **Joined:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:47 am **Posts:** 3

Funny, after not posting for a long time (and having my membership removed because of that) I re-registered to ask a question about cam bolts. I click on the 2005+ forum and the post at the top is "cam bolts", unbelievable!

Well, in my Nissan service CD (for my '08 S) it tells you to replace the regular bolts with cam bolts if you need to adj. the suspension. It sounded like Nissan sold the bolts or a kit or something but when I called parts they didn't know anything about them. Does Nissan make them or do I have get them somewhere else? Who sells these? Also are they only for the lower control arms or do the uppers need them too?

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