Red-Ford

I just want to check and get your thoughts on this, I took my truck in for an allignment after the ball joint, and here is the sheet they gave me. They say that the caster is maxed out right now without hurting the camber. What are your thoughts? Is this normal?

The picture isn't downloading on my computer, so I will just write it out.


Front left:
Actual - Before
-0.08 - -0.06
2.4 - 2.9
0.12 - -0.81
11.8 - 11.8
11.1 - 11.2


Front right:
Actual - Before
-0.7 - -1.4
3.2 - 3.1
0.12 - -0.69
11.3 - 11.9
10.6 - 10.6

With these the list is organized as follows:
Camber
Caster
Toe
SAI
Included angle
Turning Angle Diff.


Front:
Actual - Before
-0.1 - 0.7
-0.8 - -0.2
0.5 - -0.1
0.24 - -1.50

With this the list is organized as follows:
Cross Camber
Cross Caster
Cross SAI
Total Toe
Cross Turn Diff.

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allinon72

Whenever I hear the phrase "this is maxed out" when it comes to alignment, I know they are probably too lazy to do it right.

Carcrazygts2

Nope. Thats the maximum you cana get out of the RCX. I've installed many of them. 3.0 degrees is the maximum caster angle.

MCpllabelle

Nope...Caster specs for this gen truck is...

F-150, 4x4 ONLY!!!

Caster Left 4.6° ± 1.0° Right 5.3° ± 1.0° -0.7° ± 0.7°
Camber Left-0.1° ± 0.7° Right -0.1° ± 0.7° 0° ± Toe Left 0.10° ± 0.15° Right 0.10° ± 0.15° 0.20° ± 0.25°


All degrees...right from dealer.

I brought mine to a 3rd party shop 2 weeks ago and they messed it up so I brought it to Ford and they got it right and the guy wrote these down on a piece of paper for me...specs came from his PC in front of them.

I first attempted to align it myself but that wasnt a great idea hence why I coughed up tbe cash and brought it to Ford.

Carcrazygts2

Factory settings are useless. [MENTION=188286]Red-Ford[/MENTION] has a RCX 5" lift kit that doesnt not maintain factory steering geometry. I know what the maximum's are from the factory and what most trucks of this generation with lift kits will achieve. Have all the facts before you try to tell someone they are wrong.

MCpllabelle

Lol chill misread...dont be like ol' brewski bud...this ain't a pissin' contest lol

Red-Ford

That makes sense that the lift kit would throw things off. I looked at my old alignment records, all of them have the caster in red. This would be before the lift, but the people at the shop I took it to for those alignment are just plain idiots so I don't know if that factors in. The only thing I could think is my truck was totaled at one time so maybe that threw something off beyond "repair"?

Carcrazygts2

No its completely due to the lift. The first alignments are that way because the people doing the alignments are retarded.