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Can someone verify if my alignment looks good

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by bkrod2012, Oct 20, 2021.

  1. Oct 20, 2021 at 10:00 PM
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    I bought a new 21 Tundra TSS last week with 150 miles on it and it started pulling to the right and the wheel has vibration. Honestly miss my 2008 with 240k miles. Dealership has done several alignments on it and problem still persists (picture attached). Not to mention the wheel is slightly crooked at all times which kind of bothers me since they can’t seem to get it right. Any advise would be greatly appreciated

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    On the top one you definitely have some cross caster. There shouldn’t be that much of a difference between each side which leads to the pulling. Upper control arms usually dictate caster, cam alignment bolts control the rest. Maybe something knocked it off, road debris or such?
     
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    The caster on the before measurements would reflect a right pull. Current measurements look good - assume it drives better?

    Caster will cause a pull to the most negative side, and road crown severity can amplify the pull. Ideally your caster on the left should be a few points lower than the right side, but I'm sure it drives much better with the recent adjustments.

    Steering wheel orientation could also be impacted by road crown. We spent forever getting my steering wheel straight on the alignment rack and depending on the road mines still a little off.
     
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    It does drive better after that alignment as far as veering to the right is concerned but now the truck feels more sensitive and I feel as the ride quality got slightly worse I am not exaggerating. I will look into the road crown thanks for the advise
     
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    Have you had your tires checked for balance? Maybe a bent rim or something going on with the tires…the alignment looks pretty solid in the after results.
     
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    I'm new to these and with the solid rear axle there is no adjustment other than adjusting the axle?, and you have one back wheel toe angle out, and the other one with toe angle in.

    This thread may have some information:

    https://www.tundras.com/threads/rear-axle-out-of-alignment.24271/

    I don't have a lot of general car alignment experience but I do string alignments on my track car which has independent rear suspension and has adjustments on all 4 wheels and a rear toe situation on that car could definitely be felt.
     
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    I would personally have them increase caster on the right side by .5. You want about .5 difference between left and and right to account for road crown. I would also have them drop the total toe to around .15. I had my truck at .30 and it drove terrible. After months of arguing with alignment techs I found a Firestone where the alignment tech was easy to work with. I asked him to drop the toe down to .15 and the truck drives completely different now.
     
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    Did you ask for a toe alignment only? Or did you go to one of those shops that sells a "full alignment" for toe prices?
     
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    Naw they’re a good shop been dealing with them for a while with multiple vehicles. I gave them a spec sheet of what should work and they tried to get as close. The truck leans ~.5” towards driver side so there’s always a bit more camber on that side, which was compensated for. The caster is mostly from the Camburg UCA which have a good amount built into them, not much can be done about that.

    I also switched from Tundra wheels (+60 offset 33.2x11”) to rock warrior wheels(+50 offset 33x11.6”) that’s why I went for an alignment.

    drove it about 25mi since it’s fine so far.
     
  12. Oct 21, 2021 at 1:05 PM
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    You can see how much further back the ball joint is compared to stock. Camburg recommended 2.5” lift on their site, I think I have it leveled with only about 1.5” up front.

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    I agree with this. I’ve done a ton of alignments and I always try to leave the right caster at .5-1.0 higher than the left to compensate for road crown. I’d take the tow down to .10/side as well.
     
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    Wheel vibration is a balance issue usually. If a balance won’t fix it try swapping front to back. Problem should follow the wheels.
     

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