Decent Alignment?

From what I have seen, most places uses a Hunter machine.

 

Yep. Every shop I’ve worked at used Hunter... they make good stuff. Excellent tire changers and balancers too.

 

On trucks and suvs(with a rwd platform when in 2wd) some need at least .5 degree more caster on the right (pass side) to prevent a pull to the right(road crown). Older GM trucks liked as much as a full degree more on that side as spec.

 

Next up in the pursuit of a comfortable ride is wheel balancing. Possibly road force balancing or finding a place that will do balancing beads? Since getting these E-loads, they sure are tough as hell, but you feel every little imperfection in the road. At around 40-60mph, you get a sturdy wobble in the steering wheel that makes me think that some of these tires are not balanced too well.

 

You must personally see to it the steering wheel is straight. Many won't bother and line it up with the steering wheel canted.

 

I have used Dyna Beads a while now. IMO they work very well. Looks better with no wheel weights and they can't get knocked off . I run a couple MC's and bikes will really show out of round or out of balance wheels and tire assemblies. I mt my own bike tires, and reuse the beads over and over.

 

Thanks, it’s been a long time

 

Just got back from the alignment shop. Truck is stock other than a headstrong off-road front strut spacer and 265/75/16 falken wildpeak at3w’s. Pulls to the right, nothing crazy but enough to notice it. Do I have a bad tire potentially? The shop said it was a perfect alignment but i was expecting they would say that.

 

Hey man, make your own thread! Lol

Just kidding...

Looks like a solid alignment to me. The caster numbers are very close together though. From my understanding they should increase the caster on the right side to fix the pulling.