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Caster Angle - Question?

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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 04:06 AM
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I bought the Full Traction 3" lift and have been working on figuring out what's causing my death wobble, I think I have it narrowed down to a wallowed out track bar hole but while I was in there, I checked my caster angle and on the driver side I'm close to 4-5ish but seems the passenger side is less. I have adjustable upper control arms only and they are as short as I can get them. I also think the driver side was a little longer than the passenger side - maybe that caused some out of wack stuff? Should I get the adjustable lowers to get a better angle or does this seem ok? Thanks!!!
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by jon6958
I bought the Full Traction 3" lift and have been working on figuring out what's causing my death wobble, I think I have it narrowed down to a wallowed out track bar hole but while I was in there, I checked my caster angle and on the driver side I'm close to 4-5ish but seems the passenger side is less. I have adjustable upper control arms only and they are as short as I can get them. I also think the driver side was a little longer than the passenger side - maybe that caused some out of wack stuff? Should I get the adjustable lowers to get a better angle or does this seem ok? Thanks!!!
Caster will not cause DW, loose trackbar bolts or wallowed out holes will. Is this DW or wheel shimmy?

Your axle C's are probley not the same from the factory side to side. Mine are not. Lowers will definetly help fine tune your caster.
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jon6958
I bought the Full Traction 3" lift and have been working on figuring out what's causing my death wobble, I think I have it narrowed down to a wallowed out track bar hole but while I was in there, I checked my caster angle and on the driver side I'm close to 4-5ish but seems the passenger side is less. I have adjustable upper control arms only and they are as short as I can get them. I also think the driver side was a little longer than the passenger side - maybe that caused some out of wack stuff? Should I get the adjustable lowers to get a better angle or does this seem ok? Thanks!!!
Im willing to bet your castor is a helluva lot less than 4-5, probably 2-3, maybe even less. Get a professional alignement performed, after you get lower fronts. Do NOT use an angle finder, caster is measured multidimensionally, so an angle finder can not measure that. An angle finder allows you to set both sides the same at an arbitrary number.
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