help Alingment With L.r uca's

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Don't give up OP. It'll be that much sweeter when it all works out. If you can go to a different firestone alignment, do so.

 

just so you know you have the top nuts on backwards on your upper control arms.........
and my arms apear to be placed in the same direction yours are
but that nut has a lip on on top "which should be fitted into the washer below

 

i need to know what i should set caster at on the uca - 2.0?????bolth sides
and would that then give this knuckle head more room for adjustment on the stock lca's??????
someone has to know
its just this guy dont know how to move the caster adjustment he only used the groove on top for the toe i belive
so any info would be great guys before i have a stroke
this is my car that gets me to my job everyday.......
it rode nicer right after i installed the upper arms "before they adjusted it"

 

p.s. thanks for the pics at least i know there installed correctly
and i called like 3 more firestones and no one knows or wants to be involved......

 

Do us all a favor and take your truck to a dedicated alignment shop and stop f--kin' around with Firestone. If the Firestone guy doesn't know how to adjust them then you shouldn't be there.

 

Your nuts are on upside down...

On a side note. My camber is .9 on one side and .6 on the other, caster is about 3.5 left and 3 right. annnddddd the ball joint hits the spring at full extension, how do you think I feel?

I'm trying a new shop this week cuz i'm fed up with the place that just did it.

 

yea you have to ask yourself if its all worth it for 3 inches of lift.......
it should not have to be this hard...people are just morons and have no clue....
i do all my work myself.....
but i cant do the alingment.....

 

lol, i knew i'd find something wrong with my install. since my alignment is within spec, i'm leaving it be.

 

Yeah I hear ya. I've had 4 (soon to be 5) alignments in about 9 months. None of them have been right. The only buddy I have with an alignment rack is at a big Ford dealer and he's not allowed to use it for side work.

 

go to daves place he is in nj

 

lol, I was so focused on the orientation of the ball joint and the slot on top that I didn't even notice the upside down nut action. I would flip them tho because that extra stuff on the nut keeps the ball joint centered in the washer, slot and uca.


BTW, a 1 1/4" socket fits nice and snug on those ball joint nuts, almost better than the 22mm or whatever it is.

 

im gonna try adjusting them myself if i set the caster at - 2.0 then i should be dam close to perfect.....
and i slide each camber adjuster in a 1/4 - 1/2 it should be real close to 0 camber 0 toe and 2.3 caster
then ill bring it back to firestone and see what it says then
how is that any thounghts?????

 

you'll want caster positive bud...up above you have a negative sign by 2.0


Toe 0, Camber 0 and Caster +2.1 - +2.5

 

yea well my specs say 4.13 caster

 

Toe 0, Camber 0 and Caster +2.1 - +2.5

 

yupp im at 4.13 and they never touched the adjustment on the l.r. uca so if i set that at -2.0 then im good i hope

 

To increase caster you want the ball joint to be more towards the bed of the truck. This means the SPC logo needs to be facing the front bumber. This will give you +2.0 caster form the ball joint, then the guy at firestone will only need to asjust the LCA.

 

Shew, I feel your pain man! I went threw the same shit!

 

Ok i'm sorry guys i'm a newb here. I realize this entire discussion is about alignment. I'm also going through this right now. I almost threw down with the tire kingdom worker over this as he was slapping my truck (underneath) with a wrench out of frustration. I just put a 3" lift on and I have stock uca's. They could only get it close. It drives fine now but they will wear wrong. My castor cambers are maxed and they can not adjust any further. Do I need to buy something else or adjust something else to get it aligned. Please Help!

 

you need to replace your uca