[travhale]

Had my truck aligned per Brutal's instructions. The tech wasn't very happy with the results. I had it done at an off road shop, and he wanted me to get the alignment right, and modify the fenders.



Can someone who knows more about alignments than I chime in?

 

[10935]

If your truck is stock why use Brutal's directions?

 

[travhale]

If your truck is stock why use Brutal's directions?

Truck is not stock 2in front and 1.5 rear w/285/75/16 tires

 

[10935]

ok, how does it drive?

 

[travhale]

ok, how does it drive?

It drives great, but i'm a little concerned with that high positive camber number on the front drivers side. I'm starting to wish that I had just gone ahead cut the fenders and made the other fender liner mods before taking it to get aligned so the tech would have had more space to get the alignment right.

 

[OutFrontFrontier]

Better start saving for some SPC UCAs. My camber is like yours but on both sides \ /. My Alignment guy builds high end euro race cars and it was the best he could do. I rotate my tires about every 3kmi till the UCAs get gotten.

 

[Dark Night 18]

I also had bad camber on drivers side. When using the spc uca's, they recommend the use of camber bolts.
Now my alignment is perfect.
Get the spc arms.

 

[10935]

It drives great, but i'm a little concerned with that high positive camber number on the front drivers side. I'm starting to wish that I had just gone ahead cut the fenders and made the other fender liner mods before taking it to get aligned so the tech would have had more space to get the alignment right.

So sorry for the late response. That bit of camber is to compensate for road crown, if the truck tracks straight and doesn't chew up the outer edges of your tires then good to go

Hows it been in the last couple months? Holding up ok?

 

[travhale]

So sorry for the late response. That bit of camber is to compensate for road crown, if the truck tracks straight and doesn't chew up the outer edges of your tires then good to go

Hows it been in the last couple months? Holding up ok?

The outer edges of the front tires are showing accelerated wear. They have just over 3k miles on them, and the outer tread blocks are almost worn down to the secondary ridge on the duratrac, which i'm not too happy about--need to get them rotated--the rears still look new.

 

[10935]

The outer edges of the front tires are showing accelerated wear. They have just over 3k miles on them, and the outer tread blocks are almost worn down to the secondary ridge on the duratrac, which i'm not too happy about--need to get them rotated--the rears still look new.

I hope I'm reading this correctly, it's very small on my computer... but it looks to me as follows.

Driver Pass
Caster 2.72° 2.18° -Looks good, should be slight floaty-ness to the steering and oversize tires may hit the body in full-lock situations.
Camber 1.31° .90° -Too much positivity lol, may feel a bit unsure in the corners, negative camber give a more planted feeling... but flat may be the best for tire wear -maybe- ask your tech.
Toe 1/8th translates to .125°, which is good and should help the truck track straight

If I understand, the Camber is set at 1.31°, and .90° positive... this will certainly give you edge wear. Some negative camber is beneficial, positive however, not so much. The alignment shop probably wanted to get closer to 0.0°-0.5° positive.

Is the truck kinda twitchy and hard to keep straight on the highway? Maybe a bit sloppy through curves?