Got it aligned today, here are the specs:



He couldnt get caster any closer because it was maxed out getting the camber right...

Also heres an idle vid: Turbo Silverado Idle - YouTube

 

Please tell me that those are the "BEFORE" specs.....

 

No....what should it be? Please enlighten me, im an alignment noob.

Like I said the adjusters are maxed out...

 

In for smokey tire vids or truck sitn siways with the ladder rack

 

did you tell him what specs you wanted or did he just go based off the year make and model of the truck?

 

I said as straight as you can get it because I use it for drag racing, so he said close to factory, and I said yea sure

Like I said im an alignment noob, but I know green is good!

The guy that owns the shop is cool and said I can have it adjusted for free if it drives bad since the caster is so far out. Its been raining since then so I really havent had the chance to drive a lot. The truck only sees about 2500 miles a year.

 

the way the caster is set should be ok. since you drag race it, i would prefer to see it a little more even side to side, but i don't think it should pull much. normally you set a little more caster on the passenger side to compensate for the crown of the road, which you don't get on a drag strip.

one good thing is that caster will not affect tire wear at all, just how straight it goes.

 

Positive caster is not always a bad thing, it will make it much easier to turn when you have larger tires and such. It is much better to have postive than negative caster, though, as negative caster can cause wobbling in the steering wheel and will put more load on your PS pump. I would think for a drag only setup it should be fine. I ran 8-10 degrees postive caster on my Toyota 4x4 with large tires just to make it easier to turn and to take care of some wobble from tires that werent perfectly balanced.

 

If it's truly at max adjustment, there are aftermarket UCA offset bushings available, and also aftermarket eccentrics to get you the extra adjustment. But honestly, it looks like the person doing the alignment needs more experience/training. Take a look at Ben's thread too, he just went through the same crap with his alignment shop. https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...ligned-516797/

 

Yea it was Bens thread that made me want to post mine at all...I havent been able to drive much because of rain, but what I have it feels fine. Would the aftermarket UCAs or just bolts be better?

I redid my crossbar that secures my hood today...was just 2 #8 screws holding it to one 5/16" bolt on the top of the intercooler. Now I added 2 #10 screws to the sides (along with the 4 #8 screws), and used 2 1/4" bolts for the bar and 2 5/16" bolts for the intercooler, so it should be more than twice as strong.....and hit the intercooler with some flat black since it was very obvious otherwise