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alignment woes advice needed

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alignment woes advice needed

Post by grassyknoll »

Heys Guys, haven't had current vehicle long and got an alignment report done.
Now the vehicle has been in a accident previous to owning it and I recently had the chassis straightened, but is still out a little .
Anyways, these were the results.

Rear Axle: camber (left) -0.22
camber (right) -0.28
Toe (left) +5.4mm
Toe (right) -3.2mm

Front Axle: Castor (left) +0.10
castor (right) +0.01
camber (left) +0.07
camber (right) +0.04
Toe (left) +2.4mm
Toe (right) +2.6mm

My question is this, firstly how bad are these results and what will the long tern effect be and how do I go about straightening up the rear axle as its not parallel to the front (passenger side is slightly forward abit) and can I adjust the toe at all.
Will using adjustable trailing arms solve the problem of the not so parallel rear axle??
One more thing, is there anyone on the southside of Brissy anyone could recommend fixing the problem.

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Post by offroader-rama »

that would have to crab and wobble down the road and at least chew tyres
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Post by Dak »

OK, those readings, the front is very good apart from the lack of castor, your truck must be lifted. If it doesn't wander around on the open road I wouldn't worry about it. The rear, make damn sure the guy doing the alignment knows how to use the machine properly, if it's a Beissbarth and he's doing it wrong it will give incorrect rear toe readings.

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Post by grassyknoll »

Yeah Dak, it has a 3" lift and handles fine :).
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Post by JOHNZ »

The rear toe in is the only thing to be concerned about.
front spec's other than castor are good .
if the car drive 's well the castor is nor a concern either.
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Post by James@JDM »

Like has been said that rear toe is a bit of a worry, would make the ass end quite twitchy to drive, is the rear axle bent? or are the trailing arms bent?
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