2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission front wheel alignment

[LReitmeier]

I saw a discussion an wheel alignment vrs wandering in the Register can anyone give me the alignment specs? 2002 2500 4X4 Cummins powered.

 

[krs]

A fella' named Brent said that he likes it like this:



" Left Wheel Right Wheel

-------------- ----------------



Caster 3. 2 3. 5

Cross Caster -. 3



Camber -. 10 -. 10

Cross Camber 0. 0



Toe - standard specs, (maybe a little out if you tow a lot, they will

pull in as the front end lifts up). "



Brent

ASE Certified

Gold Certified Chrysler tech

 

[CRSmith]

read this link

 

[Jeff H]

Is anyone running brent's spec?

Mine pulls dam hard to the right.

My camber on the driver's side is +. 8

On the passenger side its -. 1

Wonder if that has anything to do with it?

 

[RustyJC]

Either cross-camber (i. e. , a variance in camber from left to right) or cross-caster will cause a vehicle to pull. The vehicle will pull toward the side with the most positive camber or the most negative caster.



The following is from the Tirerack.com website:

Most street car alignments call for the front camber and caster settings to be adjusted to slightly different specifications on the right side of the vehicle compared to the left side. These slight side-to-side differences are called cross-camber and cross-caster.



For vehicles set up to drive on the "right" side of the road, the right side is aligned with a little more negative camber (about 1/4-degree) and a little more positive caster (again, about 1/4-degree) to help the vehicle resist the influence of crowned roads that would cause it to drift "downhill" to the right gutter. Since most roads are crowned, cross-camber and cross-caster are helpful the majority of the time, however they will cause a vehicle to drift to the left on a perfectly flat road or a road that leans to the left.

Rusty

 

[Jeff H]

I also checked my eccentrics out today. Both are totally not pointing in the same direction.

What a mess.