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4 alignments after lift, stil pulls left

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Brockin07, Mar 20, 2013.

  1. Mar 20, 2013 at 9:46 AM
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    Sandman614

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    This would be a good starting point.
     
  2. Mar 20, 2013 at 9:53 AM
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    Let the record show that jandrews has not suggested anything, merely asked a question.
     
  3. Mar 20, 2013 at 9:54 AM
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    Thought I would chime in since I had same issue same truck, with stock tires.
    I had the exact same issue with my 08 db cab. 50k miles, had dealership do alignment, then had them redo it. The third time they sent it out to an alignment shop locally:confused:. Never got that alignment straight :mad:. I figured it was do to a wreck to the front left from the previous owner. ended up tradin that sumbitch back in:p. now im in my new taco:D.
     
  4. Mar 20, 2013 at 9:55 AM
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    I just want to see alignment numbers :angrygirl: :tumbleweed:
     
  5. Mar 20, 2013 at 9:56 AM
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    Hoping lifetime alignment not from firestone...
     
  6. Mar 20, 2013 at 9:58 AM
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    stuff and more stuff
    you have a lifted truck, not stock, it wont be perfect like off the line so just deal with it bro! =)
     
  7. Mar 20, 2013 at 10:05 AM
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    take its somewhere else and cancel the payment on your credit card to the dumb fawk who doesn't know what the hell he's doing.
     
  8. Mar 20, 2013 at 11:38 AM
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    Huh? My alignment post lift is better than was stock.
     
  9. Mar 20, 2013 at 12:22 PM
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    Yea. Alignment specs for lifted trucks is different than for stock trucks which makes his statement hard to swallow.
     
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  10. Mar 20, 2013 at 7:18 PM
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    I didnt get a chance to put it back on the alignment rack, they were covered up today.
     
  11. Mar 21, 2013 at 6:10 AM
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    Let us know what you find. I am also curious about the numbers. Now that we have to potential of bad tires being the cause eliminated, we can get back to the basics. Make sure you get all of the numbers, including SAI angle, and thrust angle.
     
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    What did you have done to fix that?
     
  13. Mar 21, 2013 at 9:45 AM
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    Mine was like that. Bent it back and it's been fine since.
     
  14. Mar 21, 2013 at 11:52 AM
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    Everyone pays too much attention to camber and completely ignore caster. But caster has a huge effect on pulling to left or right. The car will pull to the side that has the least positive caster. You have to have more positive caster on the right to compensate for road crown.
     
  15. Mar 26, 2013 at 7:46 AM
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    I disagree with your idea on adjusting caster, though you are correct in how caster affects a vehicle. I do not want a different caster from one side to the other. Excessive variation of caster will cause steering effort to be different, and return-to-center to vary. Always set left and right caster to as near identical as possible. It is not proper alignment technique to try and off set road crown, because not all roads have a right crown. Many 4 lane highways have off-set crown. If you were to align in that method, then when you went into the left lane your vehicle would be pulling harder to the left, and greater effort would be required to compensate. Always set alignment to true. anything other than that is doing a disservice to the customer. A properly aligned vehicle should travel straight, with no excessive effort on a flat road. If there is concern for road crown by a customer, I explain to them that any deviation from a true alignment can cause them other problems. Never had a customer complain about my alignments, or explanations.
     
  16. Mar 26, 2013 at 2:33 PM
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    Deff get the printout from last time (or your next one). I have the same lift as you do including UCAs and my alignment is great. Caster at 2.4 both sides and camber and toe at 0 degrees.
     

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