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Those who understand alignments on stock settings
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The dealer a while back around 18,000 miles said my wheels were towed out while it was being worked on . They did a alignment on it no charge , they claim both fronts were to far out , set from factory . However my tires were wearing fine and drove nice too and tracked well . After their alignment ive noticed some drifting with winds and a bit more twitchy to steer it not horrific but
also my tires wearing fine still, I still feel a ever so slight shake and just cant find it . Ae these numbers good ? The dealer it was at I no longer go to do to the fact they were awful service techs and never fixed anything they worked on / whats it look like now to you experts good or no good ???? I now have 23,000 they also said track bar was fine but it was not (replaced ) said it was my tire balance but I had them done they were fine . said it was stabilizer shock but (replaced) still had it . then they quit said it was fine lol . No parts feel worn so wondering if this could have any effect ? No lift on this so just stock . |
Sounds like your running a little too much toe in, causing a touchy feel in the wheel. You are supposed to have a slight amount of toe in due to when you are driving, your front wheels naturally want to push toe out. When performing an alignment your looking for that perfect toe in amount to make your tires straight when driving down the road.
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How much lift? Which components are installed? Since the caster is low, I'll assume that you do not have adjustable control arms?
What specifically did the dealership do/change? Anything where they would have loosened the control arms or trackbars while it was on a lift? Have you checked the ends of the steering components? Trackbar holes for wallowing? (planmans DW writeup would be a good resource for this) What size/type tires? Just because they were balanced, does not mean that they were balanced correctly. Some people have good luck experimenting with different Toe numbers, a few even indicate that they are running Toe-Out. The steering stabilizer masks problems, it doesn't fix them. Some people do not even run one. |
yeh i stated no lift stock
Originally Posted by nthinuf
(Post 3941403)
How much lift? Which components are installed? Since the caster is low, I'll assume that you do not have adjustable control arms?
What specifically did the dealership do/change? Anything where they would have loosened the control arms or trackbars while it was on a lift? Have you checked the ends of the steering components? Trackbar holes for wallowing? (planmans DW writeup would be a good resource for this) What size/type tires? Just because they were balanced, does not mean that they were balanced correctly. Some people have good luck experimenting with different Toe numbers, a few even indicate that they are running Toe-Out. The steering stabilizer masks problems, it doesn't fix them. Some people do not even run one. |
Sounds to me like you own a jeep :)
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yeh i guess lol
Originally Posted by jrod250
(Post 3941424)
Sounds to me like you own a jeep :)
if nothing else . ( I think we all would like it to optimize the comfort level or they wouldn't make all these aftermarket products that claim to help ) |
I'm not a tech but I'm looking at it from a common sense standpoint. First, look at the numbers that changed.
Left Front Toe: .08* => .10* Total Toe: .18* => .21* Right Toe: .08* => .10* None of those changed much at all. If you look at that paper there is a zone for what is considered "in spec" which is bigger than the amount of adjustment made. After I put on my lift my numbers were all in the red when my buddy did the alignment. If you are hunting an issue I'd say the alignment isn't the cause. Now, if they did shoddy work and didn't tighten bolts down to spec or did something else while they were under there that could be the issue, I just don't think that with the numbers shown that would cause any issues for you. |
Originally Posted by Black2013JK
(Post 3941520)
I'm not a tech but I'm looking at it from a common sense standpoint. First, look at the numbers that changed.
Left Front Toe: .08* => .10* Total Toe: .18* => .21* Right Toe: .08* => .10* None of those changed much at all. If you look at that paper there is a zone for what is considered "in spec" which is bigger than the amount of adjustment made. After I put on my lift my numbers were all in the red when my buddy did the alignment. If you are hunting an issue I'd say the alignment isn't the cause. Now, if they did shoddy work and didn't tighten bolts down to spec or did something else while they were under there that could be the issue, I just don't think that with the numbers shown that would cause any issues for you. in on most of the parts , except rear control arms . The rear front arm bolts have to be done too but I doubt those are bad to be honest . |
hard to read on my phone, but it looks like your caster is way off? caster should be around 4.2-4.6 ish i believe..
edit: nvm looked at it on my computer. If its stock you cant change caster and also camber doesnt change unless you bend an axle/housing. I personally run 1/8 toe out, but they way they have it is a little over 1/8 toe in wich is pretty common from what ive seen. Stock set up rear alignments dont mean much either. |
im stock
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Originally Posted by Maertz
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hard to read on my phone, but it looks like your caster is way off? caster should be around 4.2-4.6 ish i believe..
edit: nvm looked at it on my computer. If its stock you cant change caster and also camber doesnt change unless you bend an axle/housing. I personally run 1/8 toe out, but they way they have it is a little over 1/8 toe in wich is pretty common from what ive seen. Stock set up rear alignments dont mean much either. yeh I heard you cant adjust caster on them whatever that is realy im not so sure when they did alignment it had stock bfg tires on rubicon . I put my 33s on it helped it a tad I think . Maybe the weight of tire. but im ok with it but theres a tiny bit of tremor and I just cant nail it down its like a tire balance out ever so slight or a bounce . With new shocks its improved even more . Tires are wearing perfect but its only been 5000 miles since they said they aligned it . I checked axle its perfectly straight out side tread to frame both sides are exact . hard to check toe alone I cant get tape measure on other tire tread it falls off lol . Id prefer it to be like it used to be and like you said yours was a tad bit out . but they said that was bad . yet it drove perfect . they did alignment in like 15 min so I doubt they took any accurate testing . they swore the track bar was not causing any wobble but when I got the new one in the dw stopped . They said it wasn't wallowed out too . but the 9/16 bolt went right in with room too not a tight fitted hole so , id say it was wallowed its torqed to 125 130lbs though with new bolts also added a strength plate bracket to beef up the axle end not the upper like this type > I might try the fox 2.0 ats stabilizer shock over the next few months $ is tight I don't trust the stabilizer shock they replaced the first one was trashed and who knows if they put a crappy one in they only had one left it looked new but . could be damaged like the first one . |
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