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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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7.5 fabtech alignment specs

Hey guys, not sure how many have the same setup as me but I was seeing what specs you guys were getting for your alignments. I'm running the 7.5 with a 2 spacer and aftermarket control arms. My camber is fine but I was seeing what kind of positive or negative caster you guys were running on your trucks. I know it won't be to spec but I was just curious to see what others had. Thanks guys.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 01:30 PM
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cant help you on specs. but i believe i've seen your truck before while in your area. nice
 
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Im running the same setup. I have not got an alignment and im on factory control arms. I got some negative camber but its rides pretty good
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 10:11 AM
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shoot I wish I remembered what mine was. does yalls tie-rods rub on the frame? and with 35s hitting little bumps makes it all squirrely..could be cuz I need new shocks not sure tho.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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Don't have any problems with my tie rods. I've done some research and have seen that you can get aftermarket camber caster kits. I'm wondering how they are compared to the ones I got from napa because right now I'm maxed out on my caster. Camber is fine and my caster is within half a degree on each side which is within a good spec but I would like to find more adjustment.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 11:04 AM
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well i found out what my problem was... my pitman arm and idler arms are shot. crap.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 12:01 AM
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well i found out what my problem was... my pitman arm and idler arms are shot. crap.
What do you mean by squirrely. sometimes on small bumps my steering wheel will start going crazy. Is that anything like yours was doing?
 
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 01:00 AM
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yea but only a little bit, not too bad..yet.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 01:04 AM
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mines doing it so much i need to slow down for it to stop. but it only does it when im going slow.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 09:20 AM
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post up a pic of the front steering stuff if you dont mind.
 
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 12:18 AM
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why so you can make fun of my ball joint angles? no thank you. ive been made fun of enough for a while. if you want to make fun of something make fun of my ugly skinny tires. theres nothing i can do to hide those
 

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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 07:33 AM
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lol dude, I just switched to my skinny tires for the winter. Ive got 9.5in of lift with 265/70/17....I ran those stock. cant get much goofier than that.
 
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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What do you mean by squirrely. sometimes on small bumps my steering wheel will start going crazy. Is that anything like yours was doing?
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mines doing it so much i need to slow down for it to stop. but it only does it when im going slow.
being a mechanic of 15 years you should know how to fix it...
 
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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yes i should. Id like to try to see what he thinks since hes having a similar issue.
 
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 10:14 PM
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Your running the same setup as me exactly. I understand that my angles are straight up due to the aftermaket control arms but I ran a similar setup and you should not have extremely bad angles.
 
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