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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 12:28 AM
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alignment specs

soon to be installing my ruslow 1200 coils/hotchkis rear leafs and will need to get the front an alignment. which specs should i use the stock or the owner preferred specs that you see posted. the truck is soon to see open track events but is a d.d. so dont want tire wear to double.
 
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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I had my truck aligned to the Lightning owners preferred specs and my truck is very sensitive to road crown now. I am also seeing a little more wear on the outside of the front tires than I like to see after 1,900 miles.

The shop who did mine is the best in town and has a brand new alignment rack so I'm pretty sure it's set up right. I think I am going to go back to the stock settings. I don't know that much about alignments but that has been my experience so far with the preferred specs.

Randall
 
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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I installed my Roush suspension (thanks Chikenears !!!) about 10,000 miles ago - I aligned it to stock specs and have not had any abnormal tire wear.

Tracks the same as it always did on the road - not bad, but not great.
 
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Rio J
I had my truck aligned to the Lightning owners preferred specs and my truck is very sensitive to road crown now. I am also seeing a little more wear on the outside of the front tires than I like to see after 1,900 miles.

The shop who did mine is the best in town and has a brand new alignment rack so I'm pretty sure it's set up right. I think I am going to go back to the stock settings. I don't know that much about alignments but that has been my experience so far with the preferred specs.

Randall
Sounds like your camber is wrong, or you are running under inflated.

Go Here and scroll down to Alignment specs.
I am running the last setup with 1.5 degrees of neg camber. Yes, my
inside tires wear a bit, but it turns in like a sled on rails ...

As far as alignment is concerned:

All you ever needed to know about alignment specs
 

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