Long Travel BS Thread

Ya that's good

 

That caster is bad...I went from -3 caster to positive 3.5 so it is possible....gonna have to play with the heims though...back heim in front heim out=more caster

 

All in all that will get him down the road straight and not cause drastic tire wear

 

Did you needed longer heims to bring out the UCA?

 

It's going to be squirly on the freeway

Nope just adjusted them

 

this is what i thought... but i may be wrong.

i thought it doesnt go to stock spec because it has camber and what not built into it? or you can get more camber or something like that?
hopefully im not completely wrong and spewing out mis-information

 

You dont want negative or positive camber on a street driven truck, you will just wear your tires out way faster. And you want at least 2 degrees positive caster to help the truck track straight and so the steering wheel returns to center.

 

The stock length aftermarket UCA's have caster built in to them so you can get back to stock after a lift. I'm sure some off road race kits have specific alignment numbers but most bolt on kits should get back to stock for the best drive ability. If anything you want more caster than stock for off road

 

gotcha, thanks for clarifying.

 

Here is my alignment sheet from my last alignment. After this it went dead straight and was finally a joy to drive again. Since then (note date was before the Baja 1000) it pulls to the right and needs to be realigned. This is on a 3.5" TC kit with upper heims. Note my caster is at 3.4*.

 

Here is mine. My caster is higher than most of you guys, but I like it that way. It handles a lot better in the dirt at the cost of more steering effort. There is no way I could get these numbers without heimed uppers as my shock tower and frame are bent a little. (TC LT kit)

 

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you want more positive caster (around 4*), 0 camber (straight up and down, anything else will cause funky tire wear). that setup will be twitchy AF

 

Exactly!

My DTF kit hits stock spec too Minus camber of course

We got 3.2* on Matt's MT

Jordan's truck did

Jordan's was a nightmare!

I'm running +6* of castor at ride height

 

So an increase in caster from 3.4* will make my truck LESS twitchy?

 

I think I need longer too, which length did you used?

 

Dtf had to weld whole new longer bungs into my uca to get mine even close to where i need it and it still wasnt there...

 

Under the bed

 

wish I could do that...Short bed...

 

I would say so

This ^

How short beds do it

 

What's the best way to cut glass tha is already painted professionally. I had little tires and now the 35"s rub bad at bump and I need to make the entire opening for the tire bigger.