Re: 2WD C10 Modern/Performance Alignments
OK, so the truck has been lowered three inches in the front using CPP springs. It has been driven and it has settled so I figured it would be best to start off with a fresh spec sheet. So I get the truck on the alignment rack, correct the tire pressures, install the heads and....the alignment computer is dead!!! Woulda been nice if someone who knew told me. I wonder if anyone let me do that for a laugh? Oh well, I'll use the rack in the front shop!!! So I break down the equipment and take it up front. The heads didn't like my old wagon wheels so I had to be extra careful to mount them properly. I get my first specs and wouldn't you know! Now thats something we can work with! Looking at my numbers it looks like I would just have to shim the right front upper. The machine would crunch the numbers to tell me what shim I would need but by shimming on the right front I would lose a little camber to equal -.5 camber and add a little caster to get closer to the 4.2. Remember, lookin at the numbers now there is a .7 cross caster and the truck would want to drift left.
Again, if your truck does not have a modified suspension it is best that you remove all shims before the alignment and shim it so that you get the most out of each angle
Last edited by BMERDOC; 12-19-2011 at 09:44 PM.
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