hey, i had an alignment after i installed my 5" kit, with spacers, now i replaced them with 6" coils. seems like it pulls a bit to the right, can i turn the tie rod adjuster one turn or something? anybody have a rough idea?

 

pretty sure the tie rod between the tires is fine, shouldn't need changing, but maybe the one from the pitman arm to the P.S. could be turned a bit. thoughts? track bar?

 

Changing ride height usually changes toe and camber both. Changing the tow at home is pretty easy. Changing camber can be done at home, too. You need a digital level, a flat floor, and a lot of patience.

 

Don't think so, toe is not changed by up and down movement on a solid axle. Camber is set and cannot be changed unless you cut the knuckles off and reweld them on.

Height changes the caster and axle centering which will impact how it drives and reacts to the road crown. You need to adjust the track bar to recenter the axle and adjust the lower control arms to get the caster back to around +5 degrees as starting place.

 

caster is basically pinion angle i guess hey? i adjusted the track bar. got it a bit better by turning it in. which seems backwards to me. i would have thought it needed to be lengthened.

 

When you go up with the chassis the axle will move towards the drivers side. You need to move it back towards the passenger side to center it. However the track bar is it needs to be lengthened to compensate, what you tirn where depends on the track bar.

Yes, castor will efect the pinion angle. Having it off will change the way the steering reacts to road crown and generate pull one way or another.

 

ok, my wheel was turned , i think to the right after i did the coils, so i adjusted the track bar so it drives straight, and the wheel is straight, but i adjusted it in. and the diff 'looks' centered, but i don't really know where the best spot to measure is. do i need to turn the track bar back out to where it was, and then some, then adjust the steering to get the wheel back square? when i had it in for an alignment after i initially did the kit. i left the track bar nut loose. that way i could tell if they touched it or not. and they never did, punk said it was fine when confronted also. and im usually not lucky when it comes to **** like this, so maybe it wasn't quite on when i got it back from them anyways. where can i measure to properly center the axle? thanks

 

Pretty tough to get them centered without setting it up on an alignment rack that will align the tires correctly. I have no idea what to measure to to do that. You really need to run the centering off the rear diff so the tracking is correct and it doesn't dog trail.

 

can i tie a string or fishing line to the diff. then around the back tires, and the front ones, then to the diff again to do this?