Alignment specs after 2.5/1 and 265/70 tires

jminz

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What should my alignment specs be after a DS 2.5/1 lift. I'm running cooper at3 265/70/17.

I already got the alignment after the lift but it seems to wander so I know something is off. They didn't give me the printout when I picked up, so I'm taking it back in at lunch here in a few hours. Any help would be appreciated.

From what I've read caster needs to be as close to 3 degrees as possible
 
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Caster ideally should be > 2.5 and closer to 3 deg or 4deg to be within spec. However, after a lift getting that much caster is often difficult. My truck wandered quite a bit with 2.4 deg. on the driver side and 1.9 deg. on the passenger side. My bushings are frozen so adjustments were limited. I had the tech even the caster out equally on both sides and it made a difference in the handling. The wandering is almost non-existent. I have 2.0 deg caster on both sides now. It is below spec but it still drives just fine.

I am at .85" above stock on front (5100 second notch) with Moog FJ springs front and rear. No spacers. I am also running 265/70/R17 tires.

Camber and Toe are within factory spec. I am part-time 4WD (V6) so the front is slightly toe'd in.
 
This made me look at my numbers. Does this sound kosher to everyone? I'm on 5100s in the front set to 2.5" and spacers in the rear to eliminate the rake. Stock springs. The alignment was done post lift.

LF:
Camber -.1
Caster: 3.1
Toe: .07

RF:
Camber: .2
Caster: 2.2 (couldn't do much more here, from what he told me)
Toe: .07

The truck drives well. The question I have is whether I would be best served to balance the LF to match the RF? WWJD? ;)
 
So i got my print out after picking up today from alignment. Seems to track better, however front left tire does rub much while backing up with steering wheel turned to the right. I didn't have a chance to run it on the interstate.

FL:
Camber .6
Caster 3.1
Toe .07

FR:
Camber .2
Caster 2.9
Toe .05
 

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