FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Alignment

Hi today I went at Les Schwabs to finally align after I installed the Icon kit. I got the long excursion kit with the UCAs and everything. The result is the following:

Do you think it's OK? He told me he couldn't fix the caster completely. Would you help me check and understand the results of the procedure?

I should also mention that the car "pulls" left a bit. Will this be fixed as soon as the tires get used to this new condition?

Thank you
Alessio

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Permalink Reply by Bz on September 28, 2009 at 5:47pm

I've got a Big O in Pleasant Hill that will hit all the numbers and is pretty cheap too but if the shop that did the work is any good they'll redo it for free

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Permalink Reply by manoweb on September 28, 2009 at 6:15pm

Yes I have 30 days to have it re-done as many times as I like. I hope next time it will be good

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Permalink Reply by Bz on September 28, 2009 at 6:47pm

Just found this on FJCC to quote Funjunkie: "Well on my recent trip up to Icon this week The guys there taught me some cool stuff about our suspention I never knew before. There is a HUGE amount of caster adjustment on the FJ that can be used to compensate for the body mount rub, Like almost 4 inches of play!!.(and according to them you want some positive caster anyway for track), So today I bought new tires and while they were being mounted on the rims I tried out the adjustment and sure enough not even close to rubbing, It did throw the toe way out but I was getting an allignment today anyway so it was not an issue, I told the allignment tech to leave as much positive caster as possible while getting the toe and camber in spec. He did and it is awesome, I have well over an inch between my tire and the body mount now when turned. The drawback is it decreases your turning radius but it's so slight it makes no difference."

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