Alignment Check
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I put tires on before the level, they have about 6000 miles on them now, I just did the level a few weeks ago. It’s not terrible but it is annoying that the steering wheel seems to grab every bump. If it continues I’ll just turn it back to stock.
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Why do you want your caster angle so high?I’m sure I am going to get persecuted for saying this but I think caster angles over 2.5 are too high. Everything I’ve been told and read about DW (and I’ve read a lot about it because my 2011 had the DW for 5 years) says you shouldn’t have to go that high. The higher the caster the more the front tires will wander.
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Am I crazy? I used to do alignments and from what I remember more caster is used to keep the wheels going straight. The trade off is a wider turning radius. Reducing the caster will cause the vehicle to wander more. I'm not sure how more or less caster relates to a bump, but it seems to me that more caster would have less shake. Could it just be a problem with the lift kit engineering? Or maybe the model of tire or tire size?
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Snowman No you shouldnt your truck has no problems. When I had 35-12.50-18 80 Lbs tires, I had some bump steer, I switched to 295 70-18 Michelins Defenders 58 Lbs each. Drives like stock. I set the caster to 2.0 drivers side and 2.5 Pass.
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I am running 35x11.5x20” tires and I run them 65-70 in the front and 80 in the rear or they look like marshmallows when I am fully loaded and hookup to a skidloader trailer or have my sled deck and sleds on top of the truck.
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I didn’t install the leveling kit so I’m sorry but I can’t help you out on that one. I’m not even sure if they aren’t the stock ones? My caster isn’t much different than stock.
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I drove the truck for the first time in a week and it def is not that bad. The bumpsteer is very little but it is there. I drove about 50 miles on a straight highway and it tracked very straight. It’s only on crowned roads it wants to walk towards the curb. I am going to have the alignment shop see if they can do anything about that. It may not be possible to fix that.
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Drop the left caster to allow for the crown, easy fix. Or order a set of these. http://www.spcalignment.com/componen...AFrom&to=USATo