Correct, I feel like it is a gamble but I'm willing to give it a shot to see what the out come is, who knows maybe it will correct some of it?
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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)
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Correct, I feel like it is a gamble but I'm willing to give it a shot to see what the out come is, who knows maybe it will correct some of it?
Won't you be making your pinion angle worse if you increase caster? What are your driveline angles at now?
Yes, it is perfectly straight at the tcase, a few degrees I think wont hurt it, it will be a experiment I'm hoping will help drivability.
Who wants to drive a tank to the malls anyway.
Why not go to eleven?
Don't want to go overboard with it, it isn't a drift car haha and I don't want it to under steer.
I think I ended up around 5 to 6.
Technically your rear suspension will affect castor too.
Really? How so? I thought it would only on a steer axle.
If you change rear suspension it will affect front axle caster. If you lift the rear suspension, you are effectively rotating the front pinion up. Or lowering the rear suspension will do the opposite. I have no idea the relation between change in rear suspension to degrees of front axle caster, maybe it's not much.
Unless I'm way off on my understanding of caster angle but I thought it was relative to the ground being the 0° starting point.
I think it's easier to visualize if you think about in the extreme like a "stink bug" stance I've heard some call it.
Unless I'm way off on my understanding of caster angle but I thought it was relative to the ground being the 0° starting point.
I think it's easier to visualize if you think about in the extreme like a "stink bug" stance I've heard some call it.
I see what you mean.
I always thought the ground was just a surface and the ball joint would be the 0 degree, anything forward is negative and back is positive. At least I hope so cause that is how I set the axle up with the brackets with the steering arms at 0.
measured from a level plane established by the bottom of the 4 tires at static ride hight for daily driving.
That is exactly what I will need to do, hopefully I can get the tires off on jack stands one at a time and make sure the axle is still level at ride height. This will make turning the control arms much easier I think.
I just had mine up on the alignment rack last week to set the toe at work. Caster measured in at 6.7 degrees.
Hmm yeah, I need to add more then.
Finally!! Took all freaking day!Beat me to it.
Hmm what movie is that?
But this one goes to eleven..
I log into this thread and think, what in the world did i click on?
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