Pinion Angle with 2.5 inch sprint lift.
09-29-2016, 10:22 PM
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Factory caster is 4.2 (+/- 0.5 ?) It will probably be in the low 3's after you add the lift, with correspondingly flightier steering. Many people seem to like 5 degrees post-lift.
I'm not sure, but it sounds like you are thinking of front pinion/caster as two separate things that you can adjust independently of each other? If you want to raise the caster, you will be rotating the housing, and the pinion is going to go down. It's automatic. Moving the axle 1/4" forward (or whatever minimal amount it moved with a 2.5" lift?) isn't going to change that. (Unless you do some cutting and welding, or buy an expensive aftermarket housing, you aren't going to change one without it affecting the other.)
As mentioned, front pinion angle probably won't be an issue at that height, so just get the caster where you want it. And be sure to flex it out and check driveshaft clearance!!
I'm not sure, but it sounds like you are thinking of front pinion/caster as two separate things that you can adjust independently of each other? If you want to raise the caster, you will be rotating the housing, and the pinion is going to go down. It's automatic. Moving the axle 1/4" forward (or whatever minimal amount it moved with a 2.5" lift?) isn't going to change that. (Unless you do some cutting and welding, or buy an expensive aftermarket housing, you aren't going to change one without it affecting the other.)
As mentioned, front pinion angle probably won't be an issue at that height, so just get the caster where you want it. And be sure to flex it out and check driveshaft clearance!!
09-29-2016, 10:45 PM
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Factory caster is 4.2 (+/- 0.5 ?) It will probably be in the low 3's after you add the lift, with correspondingly flightier steering. Many people seem to like 5 degrees post-lift.
I'm not sure, but it sounds like you are thinking of front pinion/caster as two separate things that you can adjust independently of each other? If you want to raise the caster, you will be rotating the housing, and the pinion is going to go down. It's automatic. Moving the axle 1/4" forward (or whatever minimal amount it moved with a 2.5" lift?) isn't going to change that. (Unless you do some cutting and welding, or buy an expensive aftermarket housing, you aren't going to change one without it affecting the other.)
As mentioned, front pinion angle probably won't be an issue at that height, so just get the caster where you want it. And be sure to flex it out and check driveshaft clearance!!
I'm not sure, but it sounds like you are thinking of front pinion/caster as two separate things that you can adjust independently of each other? If you want to raise the caster, you will be rotating the housing, and the pinion is going to go down. It's automatic. Moving the axle 1/4" forward (or whatever minimal amount it moved with a 2.5" lift?) isn't going to change that. (Unless you do some cutting and welding, or buy an expensive aftermarket housing, you aren't going to change one without it affecting the other.)
As mentioned, front pinion angle probably won't be an issue at that height, so just get the caster where you want it. And be sure to flex it out and check driveshaft clearance!!
Sounds good, thank you
09-30-2016, 02:42 AM
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Most shops wont touch CA's.
09-30-2016, 03:29 AM
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I have adjusted the rear on my old tj, just not the front. But i think i can probably do it, with a 2.5 inch lift it can't be much of an adjustment. I have a jeep shop near by too, just don't really want to pay if i dont have to.