cstarbard
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- Vehicle Year
- 1996
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Hey guys,
I'm trying to better align my truck today which has stock ride height, TTB front end (1996). I'm having a very strange issue where the camber changes dramatically when pulling forward, and while backing up. Basically, if I pull forward and stop, I get 2 degrees of negative camber, and if I back up, I end up with 0-2 degrees positive camber.
Here's what I have done so far:
I have adjusted the camber caster bushings (oem style, with codependent camber/caster adjustment, I think this is called a "fixed bushing"?). Before messing with them, I had about 1-2 degrees positive camber on both sides, which was pretty consistent. It was wearing my tires exactly as you would expect, they both have camber wear on the side you would expect. I checked the camber using an angle finder across two lug posts on each wheel, with each wheel sitting on a plate placed across small pipes all of equal diameter, to make sure the suspension had fully settled.
So, after measuring, I took the wheels off and went through the steps of adjusting camber, now using an angle finder on my rotor since the wheels were off. The pre-adjustment measurement made sense with what I saw with the wheels on, so I went ahead and set the camber to 0 degrees on both rotors. Put the wheels back on, put the tires back on the plates and pipes setup, got 0 degrees on both wheels after cycling suspension up and down.
I go for a test ride, the changes I made in caster feel good, but when I got home, pulling into my driveway and parking, I noticed that both front wheels had visible negative camber. Measured to be almost 2 degrees. For kicks I backed the truck up and stopped, that measured almost 2 degrees positive camber on both wheels.
Can anyone explain why this is happening and how I go about fixing it? I can't really comprehend why backing up and going forward should change my camber like this. I never noticed this issue before.
Pinch bolts were torqued to spec, I can see the bushings have not moved.
I understand that the with the ttb the wheels travel in a curved arc, not straight up and down, which results in camber changes throughout their travel, but I can't wrap my head around why driving on my flat driveway would cause what I'm experiencing. Thanks in advance.
I'm trying to better align my truck today which has stock ride height, TTB front end (1996). I'm having a very strange issue where the camber changes dramatically when pulling forward, and while backing up. Basically, if I pull forward and stop, I get 2 degrees of negative camber, and if I back up, I end up with 0-2 degrees positive camber.
Here's what I have done so far:
I have adjusted the camber caster bushings (oem style, with codependent camber/caster adjustment, I think this is called a "fixed bushing"?). Before messing with them, I had about 1-2 degrees positive camber on both sides, which was pretty consistent. It was wearing my tires exactly as you would expect, they both have camber wear on the side you would expect. I checked the camber using an angle finder across two lug posts on each wheel, with each wheel sitting on a plate placed across small pipes all of equal diameter, to make sure the suspension had fully settled.
So, after measuring, I took the wheels off and went through the steps of adjusting camber, now using an angle finder on my rotor since the wheels were off. The pre-adjustment measurement made sense with what I saw with the wheels on, so I went ahead and set the camber to 0 degrees on both rotors. Put the wheels back on, put the tires back on the plates and pipes setup, got 0 degrees on both wheels after cycling suspension up and down.
I go for a test ride, the changes I made in caster feel good, but when I got home, pulling into my driveway and parking, I noticed that both front wheels had visible negative camber. Measured to be almost 2 degrees. For kicks I backed the truck up and stopped, that measured almost 2 degrees positive camber on both wheels.
Can anyone explain why this is happening and how I go about fixing it? I can't really comprehend why backing up and going forward should change my camber like this. I never noticed this issue before.
Pinch bolts were torqued to spec, I can see the bushings have not moved.
I understand that the with the ttb the wheels travel in a curved arc, not straight up and down, which results in camber changes throughout their travel, but I can't wrap my head around why driving on my flat driveway would cause what I'm experiencing. Thanks in advance.