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Old 05-15-2013, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder550
can you explain some more about the 1/2 degre split in caster?
Cross caster = caster split. You want to see around -.4 to -.6 degree.
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^^^^ what he said.
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So it sounds like I'm pretty much set up to just decrank the torsion bars a bit and everything *should* be ok...camber will decrease, toe will decrease, cross-caster is -0.6 already, so that should be fine.

The truck is definitely pulling to the right though, and I'm wondering if it's in the alignment or maybe a dragging brake pad or something. Based on the explanations above and some digging around I did on google, it seems like the alignment numbers are ok, not off enough to cause a pull to one direction.

Here's a video I took a bit ago, this was flat and level. I don't think there was wind, but I'm not 100% sure.

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Those camber settings would favor a drift to the right IMO.
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I took 4 turns out of the torsion bars this afternoon. If I get a chance I'll take it by the shop on Friday and see if they can give me a printout of the current specs. I can see a tiny bit of negative camber now, but my eyes are not calibrated so I can't tell you what the degree number is
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