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BMERDOC · 09-04-2012, 09:37 PM

Don't worry about the 67-72 thing. You are fine where you are. I'd love to know what your "before" measurements were.

I think we have established that 1/16" toe per side and 1/8" total toe is good. 1/16th is equal to .14' (minutes) or .25°. Your .20° is fine. I think your problem is from the caster and camber.

Because the right is 2.6 and the left is 1.9 your truck should want to drift right. The fact that the angle is so shallow kills the stability or as you put it, it would tend to wander and not track tue without a lot of corrections.
This is why we want to either push the lower ball joint forward or the upper back (or a little of both) to increase positive caster.

Your camber is positive which means that the top of the tire is already tipped towards the outside which would kill confidence in the turns. To get a better idea of where you were and where you are now can you post your before angles? In what way were your tires wearing to make you want to get an alignment?

09-04-2012, 09:37 PM	#189
BMERDOC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Richmond,Va Posts: 2,934	Re: 2WD C10 Modern/Performance Alignments Don't worry about the 67-72 thing. You are fine where you are. I'd love to know what your "before" measurements were. I think we have established that 1/16" toe per side and 1/8" total toe is good. 1/16th is equal to .14' (minutes) or .25°. Your .20° is fine. I think your problem is from the caster and camber. Because the right is 2.6 and the left is 1.9 your truck should want to drift right. The fact that the angle is so shallow kills the stability or as you put it, it would tend to wander and not track tue without a lot of corrections. This is why we want to either push the lower ball joint forward or the upper back (or a little of both) to increase positive caster. Your camber is positive which means that the top of the tire is already tipped towards the outside which would kill confidence in the turns. To get a better idea of where you were and where you are now can you post your before angles? In what way were your tires wearing to make you want to get an alignment? __________________ Nick Carter 1967 C10 Short bed Fleetside Project Cheap Thrills! 2WD C10 Modern/Performance Alignments Easiest Alignment Ever!