I recently just bought my 2017 FX4 SCrew and had it leveled at a local shop with a 2" Rough Country. They didn't do the alignment so I had to take it to brake checks to have them do an alignment. According to the alignment papers after My front left camber is -0.9 and my front right is +0.2. Is this an issue?

Should I bring this back to the local shop who did the level to correct or to brake checks?

Is it possible that the level was not installed correctly? The ride is smooth but sometimes the alignment seems a little off.

Also, before I did the realignment, the steering column was in a 10-11' o clock position for the truck to go straight. After the realignment, it appears the steering column is back to normal. Is this normal?

Please help.

 

Each vehicle has camber and caster allowable tolerances. Look at your printout and see if it lists the tolerance - it may be a graphic with an arrow indicating your results relative to the allowable tolerance. If not, maybe someone here has that info for 2015+ F150s... You could also call the shop and ask what the spec is to verify that your results are within spec. And yes, it's normal for the alignment shop to straighten your steering wheel during an alignment.

 

I did get a print out. I believe that the left side (-0.9) was in red. I don't know why they didn't just adjust the camber if they saw that. The truck feels to pull right sometimes and a little loose. I have feeling this is because of the difference between the 2 camber degrees.

 

If your printout shows the left side in red, then they didn't align it correctly. The readouts should all be in the green... are you sure you're not looking at the "before" vs "after"? If the "after" readout is red, then they didn't do the alignment correctly and I would go back to them. Here's a couple of examples of print outs to describe what I'm talking about...

 

raising the f150 shouldn't change the caster or camber just the Tow in. Sounds like they centered the steering wheel for you. Solid front axle like f250 different story.

 

I don't have the print out in front of me but I am 99.9% sure that the front left was still red at -0.9. I also remember that the numbers for the camber and caster remained the same, before and after.


The funny thing is that the alignment guys said that they couldn't fix the steering column because it was related to a sensor that Ford would have to reset due to the level I got. I walked to the truck and miraculously the steering column was straight again...they were suprised...

 

Find another Alignment shop

 

So, how did this ever work out?
Are you burning up tires?

The reason they didn't fix the camber is that our trucks have no camber adjustability. You have to buy a "camber kit". Basically, it's a specially shaped nut that changes your control arm(?) geometry when rotated.

Me, I'm wearing the outsides of both tires with my aftermarket struts. Ride height is stock. Alignment is all green.

I've had this happen before. New struts, same ride height but stiffer ride. It's my best guess the softer stock units run more positive camber because the soft units yield readily. When you install the stiffer units with the same settings, they do not readily yield and you wear the outsides of your tires. What I've done was adjust camber -1.0 to -1.5 degrees(from stock). This stops tire wear and improves handling.
TomJV

 

Not true. I have adjusted camber/caster for years without kits. Did I put them in my truck after the struts? Yes, cause it makes it easier. He just had a garbage alignment done with a lazy tech. Camber and caster is absolutely affected by changing struts, along with toe SAI and other measurements. Just cause an alignment is "green" is the rookie way of saying it's good. Could be in green with a 2 degree camber split and eat tires within a couple thousand miles.