Aligment

What you guys think about the Alignment numbers, Are they good?
3” lift
285/70/17 tires

 

Why does the right front have so much more caster?

 

Cross caster should be kept to +/- 0.5

Do you have SPC UCAs by chance? Both plates set the same?

 

Dont know, is that bad?

 

I got does, Not sure if it’s a good brand

 

Tuff Country...



What lift do you have? If you measure from the center of your wheel straight up to your fender, how many inches is it? Also, what model truck do you have?

 

3” Rough country, 2019 tacoma trd offroad 4X4 , not sure i have to check tomorrow

 

The side with greater caster will toe-in more causing a pull to the side with less caster.
Some techs will throw a little more on the passenger side for road crown; 1.1 difference is excessive for road crown alone.
Looks like you have a bit of positive thrust angle they might be compensating for as well.

 

What are good aligment numbers? I want to go back to the shop that did my aligment

 

How's it feel and drive now? Tracks straight? If you like it, clock some miles and watch tire wear.

Caster is funny; it's the most subjective part of the alignment. Personally, I'm not a fan of high caster because of scrub wear due to camber changes during turns and increased road shock. I like, 'enough' caster...

 

It feels better then when i had stock uca, the reason why i changed my uca’s, is that I felt that the truck had a lot of steering play, so after that changed and this aligment the truck feels Stiffer
Also after Installing the new uca the tire hits the cabin mount, idk if its normal, with stock it would just rub on the plastic but i fix that with some triming

 

Stiffer after the UCAs or after the alignment?
Cause all you got was a toe 'n' go.

 

Both i got the new uca’s then aligment after that

 

So a spacer lift?

 

How bad is it rubbing? That is a lot of caster. If that was on the numbers were reversed you would be off in the ditch as soon as you let go of the wheel.

If those are the numbers post UCA install, you either have an alignment tech that was incredibly lazy or your new UCAs are junk. They didn't adjust caster which is obvious because your camber/caster didn't change. All they did was a toe set. That will keep your tires from wearing, but you could end up with other issues.

 

I rub only at full turn, tuff country UCAs

 

You alignment guy is f ing lazy.

Caster on lifted yotas is 3.5 plus or minus .5
Toe and camber to stock.
The bolts on the LCA should be able to dial the caster in closer.

You need another alignment tech or some choice words with the guy who is doing it.

If it is Firestone, the corporate law is OEM specs only so they will not set anything but OE numbers.
That said, good alignment techs will disregard stupid rules like that since it cost the tech money to refuse the alignment.

Doing it right takes a bit more time. What you got was meh, don’t care just gimme my hour pay.