Has anyone had their 4x4 aligned recently? Brought it in recently to get adjusted when I put new tires on and the readout was:

Left Right
Camber -1 1/4 , 0
Caster 2 3/4 , 1 1/4
Toe .3 , .3

Specs were:
Camber -0.5 to 0.5
Caster 0.5 to 3.5
Toe -.03 to .23

The shop said it looked fine and that the camber and caster were not adjustable. My drivers side sits about 1/2" lower that the passenger side also have 2-1/2" springs on the front and 2" add-a-leaf on rear.

Does anyone have other readings or have preferred settings.

Thanks,
Jim

 

From a Babcox publishing article Keep Vehicle Use in Mind When Aligning Light Trucks & SUVs in the October 2001 issue of Brake & Front End :

* 1994-and-up Dodge 1500 4X4 pickups have a tendency to drift to the right. Aftermarket offset joints are available for this application that provide 1/2 to 2 degrees of caster/camber correction.
* From On the 1994-and-newer Dodge Ram two-wheel drive trucks (except the 3500 Cab Chassis), camber/caster corrections are made using the slotted pivot bar on the upper control arms. On the 4WD trucks, camber is preset at the factory. On the Dana 60 axle, the ball joints have a zero degree steel bushing, but on the Dana 44 axles there is no bushing. Though Dodge says no camber adjustment is available on either the Dana 44 or Dana 60 front axles, there are aftermarket offset bushings for the Dana 60 axle and offset ball joints for the Dana 44 axle. Caster adjustments are provided, though, by a cam at the front of the lower suspension arm.

From Brent - ASE Certified, Gold Certified Chrysler tech.
(This tidbit has been posted to numerous mail lists and message boards)
Specifications (my personal settings for every Ram I align):
Setting Left Wheel Right Wheel
Caster 3.2° 3.5°
Camber -0.10° -0.10°
Cross Caster -0.3°
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).

 

see more info at

http://dodgeram.org/tech/specs/00_steer_specs.html

 

Mine was at the dealer 4 weeks ago for warrenty work, while it was there they did a wheel alignment. My spec's looked just like yours. The owner of the dealership is a friend of mine, he is going to let me use his alignment machine on saturday, I am going to fix the caster to eliminate the pull to the right. The caster on your truck is within specs, but if the right side caster was closer to the left side it would be better.