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Wandering at highway speeds

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Black Hills Tony, Aug 30, 2011.

  1. Jul 7, 2012 at 6:29 PM
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    Are you lifted? How much air pressure are you running? What size tire?

    Most on here will recommend 0* Toe, 0* Camber and at least 2.4* Caster. If everything else is correct (no worn suspension pieces), a low caster setting can make the truck feel like it is sensitive to road crown, ruts and side winds, especially at higher speeds.

    (*= degrees)
     
  2. Jul 8, 2012 at 5:49 AM
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    Thanks for the reply! No lift, all stock suspension and tire size. Is caster adjustable with stock equipment?
     
  3. Apr 3, 2013 at 10:03 AM
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    Any new opinions? The steering is pretty vague. Thanks!
     
  4. Apr 3, 2013 at 11:09 AM
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    You could have more than opinions and the problem solved most likely if you put it on an alignment machine and get the print out. The red "before" stats will tell you what was wrong (caster). The caster adjustment starts to jack with camber after so much with oem adjusters and vice versa. LR UCAs will give you mucho independent adjustability of both caster and camber whether lifted or not. Money will solve the issue, either for better alignment, UCAs or both. If the alignment is spot on then wandering is gonna be worn steering rack bushings or the rack it self. Only other thing that could cause wander after all that would be worn ball joints, but the alignment guy will tell you if there is any faulty suspension/steering pieces when he's fighting it trying to align it so back to that as step one.............If all that checks out, only thing I got left is a real faunky set of tires doing weird shit, but still, if that's the case a good alignment tech should be able to spot that too.
     
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