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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 10:50 PM
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you have too much caster right now? Thats just a factor of loosing some rake with the rear drop.

Glad you got it figured out and fixed!
 
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 05:30 PM
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Yeah just a hair on the pannenger side. It's funny, he had to max out the passenger side to eliminate as much camber as he could, yet the drivers side has the bolt turned towards the center. That side had mroe o f an issue after the drop it seems. And I think so too Pat, I'm loving the way she's driving!
 
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Old Oct 16, 2013 | 11:21 AM
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Great.
Don't worry....my 3/5 drop have kinda a lot of caster... Our steering rack is powerfull enough that it doesn't change a thing to make the truck turn
 
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Old Oct 16, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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youre lucky you got a refund man. i had this same issue with mine, got a fresh alignment and a week later the control arm bolts backed out and i had the death wobble... the shop i took it to went out of buisness and i still havent got another alignment yet, but i did my own for the time being...

just tell the guy to torque the control arm nuts/bolts after the alignment because they WILL back out if not...
 
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Old Dec 25, 2022 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
They shorten the tierods to get the toe back into spec. They end up being too long when you lower. As long as you did an alignment and everything is adjusted you have nothing to worry about with cutting.
do you know an alternative to cutting? truck is dropped and tie rods are threaded all the way to compensate for the crazy toe it gets. this gives it about 1 degree of negative camber at .5 and .3 toe.
 
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