Hi All,
I just replaced my steering box bracket, tie rod ends, and steering stabilizer. I took it to my local shop for alignment.
The guy said they got it mostly aligned, but that my camber and caster is off and that I will need shims and an offset ball joint to bring them back inline. He said its not critical and if I don't mind the way it drives then I will be ok. It pulls to the right a bit, but all in all not bad.
I'm just curious how bad these numbers are, and if it sounds like something worth trying to tackle on my own eventually. It's a stock DD that sees no offroad use. As I said, I don't mind how it drives, but if this is getting into potential damage or degraded performance then I am more willing to try and fix myself (they want $658 total to fix).
Here's the #'s (I may have my left/right backwards?):
Front Left Camber (-0.6*)
Front Right Camber (-0.4*)
Front Left Caster (6.4*)
Front Right Caster (6.7*)
Front Left Toe (0.12*)
Front Right Toe (0.13*)
Rear Left Camber (0.0*)
Read Right Camber (-0.1*)
Rear Left Toe (0.06*)
Read Right Toe (0.25*)
Total Toe (0.31*)
Thrust Angle (-0.09*)
Thrust Angle and Front Left Camber are yellow (bolded), everything else is green.
Thanks peeps!
I just replaced my steering box bracket, tie rod ends, and steering stabilizer. I took it to my local shop for alignment.
The guy said they got it mostly aligned, but that my camber and caster is off and that I will need shims and an offset ball joint to bring them back inline. He said its not critical and if I don't mind the way it drives then I will be ok. It pulls to the right a bit, but all in all not bad.
I'm just curious how bad these numbers are, and if it sounds like something worth trying to tackle on my own eventually. It's a stock DD that sees no offroad use. As I said, I don't mind how it drives, but if this is getting into potential damage or degraded performance then I am more willing to try and fix myself (they want $658 total to fix).
Here's the #'s (I may have my left/right backwards?):
Front Left Camber (-0.6*)
Front Right Camber (-0.4*)
Front Left Caster (6.4*)
Front Right Caster (6.7*)
Front Left Toe (0.12*)
Front Right Toe (0.13*)
Rear Left Camber (0.0*)
Read Right Camber (-0.1*)
Rear Left Toe (0.06*)
Read Right Toe (0.25*)
Total Toe (0.31*)
Thrust Angle (-0.09*)
Thrust Angle and Front Left Camber are yellow (bolded), everything else is green.
Thanks peeps!