Caster/Camber Alignment Shims

Fantastic11 · Sep 22, 2024

Not sure if you have seen these yet, but this is the section from the 95-97 FSM for 5-lugs. Should be the same for your 99.

1 Limited Toyota · Sep 22, 2024

Funkychateau[OP] said: ↑

I’ve always heard that Firestone was supposed to be pretty good, but I guess it really comes down to the experience and understanding of the particular tech.

I haven’t used an alignment shop since I was a teenager, and I just turned 70. I tend to keep my vehicles for a long time (currently 403,000 on my Tacoma and 235,000 on my Ram), which means factory settings are often wrong for me. Especially since much of my driving is straight-line highway.

For example, on RWD vehicles the factory setting for toe can result in excess wear on the inside of the front tires if parts are starting to loosen up with age.
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Like anything I guess its a franchise. Enough money even fools can own one. Worked dealership... saw that alot

Funkychateau · Sep 22, 2024

Fantastic11 said: ↑

Not sure if you have seen these yet, but this is the section from the 95-97 FSM for 5-lugs. Should be the same for your 99.

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Thanks! I don’t have the manual. That’s a handy chart if you’re going to adjust caster and camber simultaneously, especially if your goal is factory settings.

It’s useful enough that you might consider making a separate post of the chart and all associated instructions, with a title that makes it come up when anyone searches the forum for alignment threads.

Fantastic11 · Sep 22, 2024

Funkychateau[OP] said: ↑

Thanks! I don’t have the manual. That’s a handy chart if you’re going to adjust caster and camber simultaneously, especially if your goal is factory settings.

It’s useful enough that you might consider making a separate post of the chart and all associated instructions, with a title that makes it come up when anyone searches the forum for alignment threads.
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No problem. Here is the 95.5-97 FSM:
https://archive.org/download/1996-toyota-tacoma-factory-service-manual/96_repair_OCR.pdf

The ones for 98-00 and 01-04 are floating around here as well. The 98-00 one is hard to navigate though.

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