Alinement problems
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Alinement problems
I have a 05 f350 sb, dw took the truck to get an alinement done. The shops all come back saying the truck is in spec. My answer is then why is the front eating tires every 3 to 4 months. They tell me it’s the truck. I call BS because my other 3 trucks don’t do this.
there data sheet shows the truck passenger side is in spec but to the extreme. Driver side is 1 deg off center tire is fine on that side. So to night pulled on my road and put my digital leveling the rim drive side reads 1.3 deg passenger side reads 5.1deg. I know it’s not super accurate but crap. I have not found anyone will to work on the truck. All three shops don’t have the right equipment apparently.
Im an hour from Knoxville really don’t want to go that far.
any thoughts?
there data sheet shows the truck passenger side is in spec but to the extreme. Driver side is 1 deg off center tire is fine on that side. So to night pulled on my road and put my digital leveling the rim drive side reads 1.3 deg passenger side reads 5.1deg. I know it’s not super accurate but crap. I have not found anyone will to work on the truck. All three shops don’t have the right equipment apparently.
Im an hour from Knoxville really don’t want to go that far.
any thoughts?
Laughing Gas
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https://www.summitracing.com/search/...-camber-gauges align it yourself. These are very simple.
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You'll need to find someone in the area who specializes in front end alignments on solid-front-axle trucks. Your average tire shop tends to just 'hit the specs' and call it good, because they have a set rate for an alignment and it doesn't include swapping out the camber sleeves to get the right camber - mostly because it involves tearing down the front end after you take your initial measurements.
You'll probably end up heading to Knoxville, or somewhere over that way, if you want it done right.
You'll probably end up heading to Knoxville, or somewhere over that way, if you want it done right.
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What’s crazy is the shop that can do it.There alinement equipment will only size down to 18” rims. Mine are 17”. They’re set up to newer trucks with the bigger rims.
if I could find out how far out it is for sure , I can put the alinement part in myself. Everything else is dead on the numbers.
But I like the idea of doing it myself.
if I could find out how far out it is for sure , I can put the alinement part in myself. Everything else is dead on the numbers.
But I like the idea of doing it myself.
More Turbo
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Well they just don't want to do it right, which means taking the eccentrics out and putting in 0/0 sleeves, shooting the initial, determining the right sleeves, removing the initials, installing the new sleeves, and reshooting the alignment to make sure its right. Its a PITA for a tech who's used to tweaking cam bolts and shoving in shims, these trucks are time hogs to do right and they get like .5hrs book time to get it done and by god they're gonna do it, won't be right, but it'll be out of their bay. You so have to find a shop that KNOWS Ford trucks or knows medium and heavy duty solid axles. The alignment isn't going to be 69 or 89, but I'd wager closer to 150. SOOO many shops just think twisting the eccentric is good enough but that will fix one spec like camber while throwing caster further out, so they blend the 2 to be close but not perfect, or they twist it 2x this way or that and then say f'it its good enough.
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