Anyone know the factory stock pinion angle shim degree, and where they may be sourced?? My 2wd, short bed super crew is temp "jerry rigged" with multiple shims and I would like to make it right. Ford does not show shims or part numbers in their parts breakdown and they don't have a clue as to the correct shims to use. It is a single drive shaft. Any help would be appreciated.

JW

(904) 583-1056

 

factory pinion angle shim is 1/2 of a degree.

what have you altered on your truck to need different shims? Lift, lower?


Sounds like you need to have your pinion angle measured by a shop and figure out exactly what degree shim you need, and then buy the shims from an alignment shop, or buy them online.
-Patrick

 

Patrick, the 1/2 degree reference is what I need to proceed with correcting my pinion angle. It will tell me if anything else is out of whack. The truck was lowered by the previous owner and then a shop reversed it back to original. They failed to re-shim the pinion angle and left a 6 degree shim in. You can imagine how much growl and vibration I had.

Thanks again for the info.. Now to measure and find the right shims.

JW

 

if you can't find the right shim, just take them all out for the time being. 1/2 is pretty close to 0 and will get you in the ball park for now.