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alignment questions #913784 11/01/08 09:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2003
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MAC Offline OP
Mudrunner
Installed new upper and lower ball joints (Toyota parts)on my 87 4Runner. Now my camber is now off and different left and right. Toe in is off also, but only a little. I want to try the shade tree alignment I've seen here on the web.
1) How to check caster?
2) FSM shows the direction to move cams for 'increase' and 'decrease'. I think the illustration shows the driver side, so I assume the opposite direction for the pass side? Probably dumb question. When they say 'increase, they mean wheel tilting in at top/out at bottom?
3) How much travel is the in these cams? What is a small or large adjustment as far as degrees of movement of the indicator dot/hole on the cam ?
I'd like to give it a go myself as my past experience has not been good with tire/alignment fools around here.
Anyone know where the article I saw a few years ago may be that shows one guy's method involving bending some sheet metal to a right angle and putting it against the front wheels. If I remember correctly that write up looked pretty good.
Situation now is the front right seems to have too much camber and the left has almost none (measuring with a level against the wheel).
Truck pulls to the right and has a wobbly feel sometimes. Feels like the right side.

Re: alignment questions [Re: MAC] #913785 11/01/08 09:28 PM
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philly Offline
Getting the Wheeling Fever

Re: alignment questions [Re: philly] #913786 11/02/08 05:19 PM
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MAC Offline OP
Mudrunner
How do I measure caster? Or where exactly do I eyeball it?
Caster adjust (front/back cam relationship) will drastically effect toe, yes?

Re: alignment questions [Re: MAC] #913787 11/02/08 05:43 PM
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4Crawler Offline
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Caster angle is one thing that is hard to check with DIY tools, at least with IFS.
- http://www.cadvision.com/blanchas/54pontiac/alignment.html

Might be worth having an alignment shop give it a shot. On a solid axle, you can measure the spring perch or steering arm angle to get an idea of caster angle. Might see if you can find a spot to measure the angle on the steering control arms to get a relative angle between the two sides.

Last edited by 4Crawler; 11/02/08 06:13 PM.

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