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Rears up front - castor wedges
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:12 pm
by sierrajim
Someone may be able to help me here,
I have EFS rear springs in the front of my 86 Hilux with extended (sanke) shackles and dropped front hanger.
Any idea as to which degree of castor wedges i need? 5degree?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:53 pm
by diesel028
how far dropped are your hangers and how much extended are your shackles?
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:29 pm
by sierrajim
The dropped hangers are the standard Snake ones as are the shackles. Which from memory are 2" each???
Can anyone help, this, one extra gear shifter and two front body mounts and its drivable
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:23 am
by 83 lux
you should be right then
DRIVE IT
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:08 am
by dave
What angle is our pinion sitting at
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:57 pm
by Ruggers
take you car to a wheel joint and have the caster checked than you will see how far out you are and if you need them which ones will suit
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:04 pm
by Modified Toy
i would be be getting the caster checked and if it's out it would be good to adjust the front pinion angle now
cut the spring plates off and roll the diff if it is out.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:03 pm
by sierrajim
Unless it's way out i really didn't want to go to all the hassle of cutting pearches off. Hopefully castor wedges will do the trick.
Was only asking as it seems a few others around here have a similar set up to mine. It shouldn't be too far out being that i've dropped front and rear spring supports equal lengths.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:19 pm
by Gribble
I have 5deg in mine with longer shackles and dropped front hangers, both 2".
When i did the hubs up not long ago its easy to see that the steering axis is vertical. I need to take them out because my hilux tracks like a heroin junkie.
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:13 am
by De-lux
Gribble wrote:I have 5deg in mine with longer shackles and dropped front hangers, both 2".
When i did the hubs up not long ago its easy to see that the steering axis is vertical. I need to take them out because my hilux tracks like a heroin junkie.
rofl... same here
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 7:44 am
by sierrajim
Any ideas as to what the castor is supposed to be on a solid axle hilux?