Great pics as usual man!
I almost ran Kane Creek when I was in Moab in June but ended up going on a lighter trail for our last day.
While on Kane Creek did you get scratched up much by bushes?
You should have done it! It's a fun trail. You'll definitely get some pinstriping, but it's not too bad. If you drive carefully, you can usually avoid the bigger branches that stick out and leave the really deep scratches.
The tricky part is that the trail changes every year due to erosion in the creek bed. There were sections this year where we had to pass through thick groves of trees/bushes that had just recently been cleared (by machete as far as I could tell). Those sections were pretty tight, and left their marks.
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I meant to post this info as part of my last update, but the forum was having some issues that prevented me from editing an earlier post.....
After installing all the new front end parts, I performed an alignment in the garage using a level, a square, and a measuring tape. I'm developing a method that works surprisingly well, as evidenced by the "before measurements" when I took the rig in for an alignment...
Left Front:
Camber at -0.2 degrees
Caster at 4.6 degrees
Toe at 0.29 degrees
Right Front:
Camber at -0.5 degrees
Caster at 2.9 degrees
Toe at 0.15 degrees
I was almost dead on with the camber and toe on both sides... just a little bit out of spec on the LF toe. The funny thing to me was that I had the LR UCA's set to the same position on both sides (+2.0 degrees camber, setting "D", I believe), and had the eccentric cams on the LCA's set to the same position on both sides, yet the caster was 1.7 degrees off from side to side. I set it up per the LR instructions for maximum tire clearance, with the cams on the LCA's set for max caster. The front cam on both sides was maxed inward, and the rear cam on both sides was maxed outward.
I asked my alignment guy about that, and he said that he has seen that variance in many of the Toyotas that come through, but could only guess as to why it exists. The good thing about the way I gave it to him was that he had plenty of room to take caster OUT of the setup, and play with camber via the LCA's, which is what I intended. Here's where we ended up:
Left Front:
Camber at -0.1 degrees
Caster at 2.6 degrees
Toe at 0.01 degrees
Right Front:
Camber at -0.1 degrees
Caster at 2.6 degrees
Toe at 0.02 degrees
So now my alignment is perfect, and the '01 feels like it should going down the road. I'm so happy to have some caster back in my setup that I'd buy the LR UCA's all over again for that benefit alone. I can actually take my hand off the wheel on the highway without the rig trying to veer off to one side or the other... it just tracks nice and straight, right where I point it.
Just for reference, the factory alignment specs are:
Camber: 0.5 to -1.0 degrees
Caster: 2.3 to 3.8 degrees
Toe: 0.00 to 0.20 degrees
