New Steering Rack Alignment Issue Need Help

[Deleted member 12951]

I suggest to have the dealer set it like its set at the factory, with you sitting in teh drivers seat and have the fuel tank full, if they wont let you sit in it add enough weight to simulate you at the wheel and set it to factory specs. Camber/toe is the cause for tire wear and caster causes the vehicle pull. If your caster on left is 4.0 and the right is 3.5 it will pull left. More caster more resistance

Interesting, will have to do that next alignment time. Will probably just buy enough sand bags to equal my weight and put them on the driver side rear seat. Maybe it pulls left because I weigh 325, lol

 

[speed45]

I suggest to have the dealer set it like its set at the factory, with you sitting in teh drivers seat and have the fuel tank full, if they wont let you sit in it add enough weight to simulate you at the wheel and set it to factory specs. Camber/toe is the cause for tire wear and caster causes the vehicle pull. If your caster on left is 4.0 and the right is 3.5 it will pull left. More caster more resistance

Not to be the jerk pointing out mistakes but you want a .5 stagger on your caster with the higher side being on the right if you want it pull left for road crown.


Feel free to post up your alignment print out, Id like to take a look at it if its still an issue.....

 

[Hockster]

Not to be the jerk pointing out mistakes but you want a .5 stagger on your caster with the higher side being on the right if you want it pull left for road crown.


Feel free to post up your alignment print out, Id like to take a look at it if its still an issue.....

I said to do it to factory specs. If hes going to experiment with different setting then more will be needed to set it up for the correction.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

I am not the OP but my tends to pull to the left and here was my latest alignment

 

[speed45]

Overall your alignment looks pretty good. Factory specs always like to add a small amount of positive toe. However, I prefer to get my toe as close to 0 as possible. The positive toe is usually to help compensate for toe in and toe out while turning, but this causes some wear in straight line driving. I wouldn't sweat a tenth of a degree in your situation though.

I would try switching your front tires left to right. Sometimes you can get a small pull from the way your tires have worn. When you switch them it can alleviate the concern.

If that doesn't work. You could have your caster set the same on both sides. More times then not when your alignment is good and you have a small pull its just your tires tread wear creating it.