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Apparatus for positioning an offset or skewed bushing body with small incremental adjustments in a suspension member having fixed positioning lugs to secure the bushing body having an offset or skewed bore, a number of locating projections defined around the outer circumference thereof, an independe

Apparatus for positioning an offset or skewed bushing body with small incremental adjustments in a suspension member having fixed positioning lugs to secure the bushing body having an offset or skewed bore, a number of locating projections defined around the outer circumference thereof, an independent lock ring having a plurality of indentations defined around the inner circumference of the ring and adapted to engage the locating projections of the bushing body, the lock ring further having at the outer circumference thereof a plurality of indent pairs positioned to engage the locating lugs of the suspension member, and means to secure the lock ring to the bushing body, whereby the offset or skewed bushing body may be positioned in a suspension member, receive the tapered short portion of a ball joint, rotated to locate the ball joint with appropriate corrections to caster and/or camber, and maintained in such position by the locking ring which engages the locating projections of the bushing body at the inner circumference and the locating lugs of the suspension member at the outer circumference.

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A ball joint bushing assembly adapted to fit within a vehicle axle and suspension assembly member and to engage at least one positioning lug defined on the axle and suspension assembly member, the bushing assembly comprising, a bushing body having at least a portion thereof defined by a cylindrical

A ball joint bushing assembly adapted to fit within a vehicle axle and suspension assembly member and to engage at least one positioning lug defined on the axle and suspension assembly member, the bushing assembly comprising, a bushing body having at least a portion thereof defined by a cylindrical outer surface disposed around an axis through the bushing body, an inner bore adapted to receive a ball joint shaft defined through the bushing body around an inner bore axis, the outer surface axis and inner bore axis being defined by two lines, the bushing body further having a plurality of locating projections defined around the bushing body adjacent an end thereof, the locating projections being positioned to be spaced from the positioning lug with the bushing body carried in the axle and suspension assembly member, a lock ring having defined centrally therethrough an opening in the form of a plurality of indents positioned around the periphery of the central opening and configured to engage the bushing body locating projections in a plurality of angular positions between the bushing body and lock ring, the lock ring further having defined at the outer edge thereof a plurality of indentations sized and positioned to engage the axle and suspension assembly member positioning lug with the lock ring fitted to the bushing body at the locating projections thereof, and securing means releasably secured to the bushing body and positioned to maintain the bushing body and the lock ring as a single assembly; whereby the bushing body may be positioned in the the axle and suspension assembly member with the inner bore therethrough receiving a ball joint shaft, the bushing rotated within the axle and suspension assembly member to provide desired camber and caster relationships, the lock ring placed on the bushing body and engaging the locating projections thereof at the central opening indents and the positioning lug at the outer edge indentations to preclude rotation of the bushing body assembly.