1. Welcome to Tacoma World!

    You are currently viewing as a guest! To get full-access, you need to register for a FREE account.

    As a registered member, you’ll be able to:
    • Participate in all Tacoma discussion topics
    • Communicate privately with other Tacoma owners from around the world
    • Post your own photos in our Members Gallery
    • Access all special features of the site

Reassurance on Angles: CV and Tie Rods

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Island Cruiser, Jun 1, 2020.

  1. Jun 1, 2020 at 5:48 PM
    #1
    Island Cruiser

    Island Cruiser [OP] TVita

    Joined:
    May 20, 2012
    Member:
    #79166
    Messages:
    3,937
    Gender:
    Male
    Kauai
    Vehicle:
    Baja
    I hope the TW family is remaining safe and in good health with everything that’s sadly been going on!

    Last week I got the following done(pertaining to my inquiry):
    - New OEM LCA’s with new OEM cam bolts
    - 1” Toytec Spring Seat Spacer for the TRD Baja Bilstein coilovers
    - Driver’s center of hub to fender 23 1/4”
    - Passenger’s center of hub to fender 23 3/4”
    - Half tank of gas
    - New wheel bearings/hub assemblies(if it matters)

    To add what I already had done:
    - 295/75R16 BFG TA KO2
    - CMC
    - Pinch weld flattened
    - Icon Tubular Delta Joints
    - Icon RXT Leafpack on Option 1
    - No armor, sliders, bed accessories

    I had the shop set my alignment as followed:
    - Caster 5° even D/P
    - Camber 0° even D/P
    - Toe 0° even D/P

    It was pouring rain on my drive home so I couldn’t hear of any abnormal noises and avoided the shoulder of the road when I was allowed to. When I drove the truck again a couple days later, I noticed bump steer on the passenger side about 2 or 3 times when the front tire hit a dip in the road. It jerked the steering wheel for that split second but returned back to the starting position. I read through a lot of threads and started with the simplest method by reducing the tire pressure. The shop pumped it up to 35psi so I aired it down to 32psi. It actually did make a difference as expected for E-fuckin-rated tires. I ran that psi prior to my previous alignments. There’s still just very slight bump steer as I purposely drove over the same dips and then some after declaring a bit. Pot holes of course will have some effect to it. There’s lots of talk about tie rods and angles, the threads on them and having it even on both sides. Here are some pics of my angles and please let me know if my cv angles look bad lol. I read in a thread that to do a quick comparison on the thread length, mark on a piece of paper from the nut to the end of the threads. The pic angle on the driver’s side wasn’t dead on when I used the marking from the passenger side. Didn’t realize it til I got home.

    Passenger’s
    F15A5233-661F-43A0-AC77-35CD6E846365.jpg
    9A3C2DD6-7DA0-4059-B032-CFCBC4B4ED9D.jpg
    ABDAFB9D-854E-47DC-B0AB-46A768C0F3D9.jpg
    827841D6-4F87-46E8-8C40-7FD3F6AAF022.jpg

    Driver’s
    1AD2BF03-CB53-461A-A218-FBC7192BEDA6.jpg
    CBB209D6-08F8-4DF2-93C8-68BF73E3B133.jpg
    ED06C261-BE22-4B12-9BFF-6F8A4F23887A.jpg
    10CE28A7-D6BF-4BA2-A1ED-220A984662B6.jpg

    So, how do my cv angles and tie rod angles/threads/ends look? Lol
     
    doorsidedown likes this.
  2. Jun 1, 2020 at 5:54 PM
    #2
    doorsidedown

    doorsidedown Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2014
    Member:
    #133307
    Messages:
    3,810
    Gender:
    Male
    CV’s look fine to me. Here are mine... 23 1/4” both sides hub to fender.

    EA1039B4-68D4-4F33-BD23-68DD23CA4433.jpg
    9437F679-7ECD-4FD5-BB73-030FA5E50C0C.jpg
     
    wilcam47 and Island Cruiser[OP] like this.
  3. Jun 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM
    #3
    Island Cruiser

    Island Cruiser [OP] TVita

    Joined:
    May 20, 2012
    Member:
    #79166
    Messages:
    3,937
    Gender:
    Male
    Kauai
    Vehicle:
    Baja
    Beautiful, brother. I didn’t notice on that infamous thread, but do you have King coils on Icon’s?
     
  4. Jun 1, 2020 at 7:14 PM
    #4
    doorsidedown

    doorsidedown Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2014
    Member:
    #133307
    Messages:
    3,810
    Gender:
    Male
    Yep, when I bumped from 13” x 650lb springs to 14” x 700, King springs were on sale.
     

Products Discussed in

To Top