Front Upper control arm bushing help please!

[absalom]

So everyone knows, after completing the job, the truck was pretty much undriveable. The tires squealed at 10 MPH. I wish I would have known this prior to starting so it could have been better planned. You may ask "Did you mark the camber adjustments?". YES; They are so difficult to get back in where you had them before due to multiple axes of movement that it is near impossible to achieve even a close alignment.

Here are my before numbers:

FWIW, Sonoran Steel recommends "0 camber, 0 toe, and as much caster as you can achieve." This setup also happened to give me the best driving experience I ever recorded with any of my 3rd gens. As I mentioned on the phone, you really want close to 3.5 degrees of caster for highway stability.

Super glad it got rid of the wandering though, makes these trucks so much more fun to drive.

 

[stir_fry_boy]

FWIW, Sonoran Steel recommends "0 camber, 0 toe, and as much caster as you can achieve." This setup also happened to give me the best driving experience I ever recorded with any of my 3rd gens. As I mentioned on the phone, you really want close to 3.5 degrees of caster for highway stability.

Super glad it got rid of the wandering though, makes these trucks so much more fun to drive.

Time for some aftermarket UCAs then!

 

[St Runner]

When I replaced the upper and lower control arm bushing in my 99 tacoma I pre marked the adjustment and reset it to those marks when I put the energy suspension bushings in. It was so far out of alignment it was laughable. Visually off. The rubber in the original bushings had almost worn away in some spots but the weight of the vehicle keeps it stable until you hit a bump or unweigh it by turning or braking. Unless you know how to align it yourself, if your bushings are real bad its going to be ugly getting it to an alignment shop when you replace them