JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

[Daryl H]

Anyone like to share there opinion on what has worked for them on alignment specs?
Maybe seven degrees of caster?
Please tell what size wheels you are running. Thanks.

 

[Daron]

Re: JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

Anyone like to share there opinion on what has worked for them on alignment specs?
Maybe seven degrees of caster?
Please tell what size wheels you are running. Thanks.

We jacked around with different settings and have my truck pretty good. Maybe Jeff remembers how much caster/camber we settled on, since I sure dont...

 

[JSM]

Re: JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

I always suggest people start at max caster they can get on both sides, which is around 6-7deg. Camber 0 to 1/4 neg. Toe in 1/16".

 

[Daryl H]

Re: JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

I have the caster at 7ish from what I remember.
The Sy protests every time I try a 0 turn radius.

 

[JSM]

Re: JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

Are you saying when you turn sharp in a parking lot, etc it doesn't like it? That could be the transfer case viscous coupler.

 

[Daryl H]

Re: JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

Are you saying when you turn sharp in a parking lot, etc it doesn't like it? That could be the transfer case viscous coupler.

It is more tire related. I can hear the tires skidding as if the wheels are pushing/pulling against each other when on sandy pavement. Could be the 9.5" wide tires.

Currently I have the caster set at 7+ and camber at 0 measured with full weight on the wheels.
I may have erroneously set one side up with more or less....
Maybe my toe is out also.
So, I plan on taking the SY to an alignment shop to see how off I am.
Maybe try something different.

 

[JSM]

Re: JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

I suspect transfer case by your description.

More cast like you have will only cause the truck to want to go straight MORE. Which is what our trucks lack anyways. It won't really cause the tires to skid, etc. You explaining classic transfer case issues. Remove the propshaft, see if it goes away.

 

[2kwik4u]

Re: JS Manufacturing coil over alignment

Are the tires new? If they are really worn they will do this on really sharp super low speed turns with the caster turned up pretty high. Whats happening is in a low speed turn the spindles are being turned on an angle, and rotate the tires up on the thier edge, and if the edge is worn it'll slide a little bit. Good tires, or less caster will help.

With that said, I would suspect the transfer case on a Sy/Ty before I would suspect the caster to be the problem. An easy test would be to turn your caster back down, and go take a sharp turn. I'm with Jeff and will bet dollars to donuts it's the case.