2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Where is your allignment set at ? ?

[Jeff H]

I want to know how you have your front end allignment set up.

Camber,Caster,Toe in.

My camber on the drivers side is at +8 degrees. Pass side is around +6.

Truck pulls hard to the right. Its been like this all year. Even after tire rotations. Its getting unbearable to drive. I want to get an idea where to have my allingment set.

 

[Steve G]

Jeff,

This was posted by Brent a while back for 4X4s so I don't know if it will apply to 2X4s or not but here ya go.



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).





Steve

 

[Jammar9082]

I had the same question regarding the use of these alignment values on a 2 X 4 truck. Is Brent around to help us out again? Hope so!

 

[Jeff H]

Wich is left? Drivers side or pass side?

Why so high with the camber?

 

[Steve G]

I found the link. Here it is.



https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21792



Steve

 

[Christen]

do we have anybody out there that have tried these specs. on their 4/4? my tires r chopping also i also run 65lbs in front with about an xtra 200lbs for plow frame. any suggestions or words of wisdom?

 

[Phil Stuart]

alignment specs

There was a thread a while back about this. Try the search feature. Maybe you'll find more info.



I've used these specs on both of my trucks (2001/2002) both 4x4's.

Had it done at my dealer and it was no problem for them to do what I asked They were very pleasant to deal with.



Phil

 

[TowPro]

My 2002 2wd is also showing signs of "toe wear" on the outer edges of the front tires. I bought it with 4K miles on it, so I complained. They put it on the alignment rack. Everything is set to factory specs. "feathering" on the outside of the front tire is caused by Toe wear, but my toe is set to . 1 deg total toe.



I have had a 95 Dekota 4x4, 96 ram 1500 4x4 98 ram 2500 2wd 2002 ram 3500 2wd and everyone of these showed the same tread wear problem on the outer edge of the tire.



The 95 and 96 came with Goodyear AT tires. At the time there was a TSB or letter from dodge to the dealers floating around where Dodge was pointing fingers at Goodyear for making bad tires, but goodyear was saying it was dodge's alignment. To make a long story short the letter allowed me to get Goodyear GS-A's installed for free. the GS-A has a outer tread band that looks like a "highway rib" tires, while the rest of the tread bands are AT style. Plus its a harder compound tire. This fixed the problem on both 4wd's.



Since then, I notice Dodge was putting the GS-A's on some of the 1500's and the Jeep's from the factory. Goodyear also redesigned the AT tire around 1999 or so.



On the 98 I had Goodyear RT-s tires. I got tired of having Goodyear adjusting the Rt-s with little bubbles in the sidewall, so I threw on a set of Cooper SRM-2's (highway rib tires, with a MS rateing, again a harder compound tire) That took care of the tread wear on the 98



the 2002 has Michelin's on it. I only drive the truck around 10K miles per year, so I should not have to worry about buying tires until 2006 if I keep rotating them.



Dodge recomends rotating the tires every oil change. If you do this, the tires should last longer.

 

[rblomquist]

TowPro,



Good info. I've only put around 4k on my 99 (since I bought it) and I notice that the left front tire is chopping on the inside edge a little worse than the right front but they are both doing it. Sounds like some of this may be nature of the beast.



I had an alignment done when I first bought it due to the bad pull to the right (now solved) and some really irregular tire wear on the old tires from the previous owner.



I'll have to pull out the alignment sheet to see what the toe is set at but it does go down the road straight.

 

[rmonroe]

I was a tire salesman for about two and a half years at Sears, and in my experience there, and with my own trucks, I have found that tire rotation fixes almost every problem with feathering. This is especially true with Goodyear tires. They are notorious for feathering and chopping. This is made worse if the tires are not rotated religiously and if the shocks are getting worse. The Wrangler GS-A was tended to be one of the worst tires for this.