Mis-installed alignment cams?

DEF4Runner

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Installed my new OEM LCAs and 5100s at .85 on my MOOG Tacoma springs over the weekend and it looks like I netted around 3" lift. I went to get it aligned today at Sears and the tech tells me it looks like I mis-installed my alignment cams. I kinda knew I might run into alignment/UCA issues but I wasn't prepared to hear I installed the cam bolts wrong. I followed Toyota's parts breakdown...did I?

Sears said they left my caster alone....
 

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Uhhh, looks just fine to me. Alignment looks decent for the amount of lift you ended up with, too.
 
Yeah, I really didn't know what to think when he said that, given he also told me I was going to need new tires soon as well. I didn't have the heart to tell him they were only about 2K miles old.
 
alignment cams look fine to me minus the one completely bottomed out that you can clearly see. But your alignment looks good on paper. I personally would want more caster but thats good.
 
[MENTION=128810]DEF4Runner[/MENTION] You said you got 3" of lift? Seems like a lot for .85 even with Tacoma springs. Hard to see, but based on your pic it looks like the spring perch maybe upside down.

Here is yours:

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Does the area circled look this this?:

incorrect_1.jpg~original


If so, it should be installed like this:

correct_1.jpg~original
 
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To be honest, I thought I was only going to net around ~2.5" and maybe I will once the springs settle a tad more. I bought the springs on ebay back in June and paired them with some 4600s before swapping them out for the 5100s this weekend. Using 19" as a stock height (hub to fender), using the 4600s measured in at around 20.5. It sits just south of 22" now.

As for the coil buckets, yeah...I made that mistake when I put the 4600s on last summer. ;) I don't have a direct pic, but looks like I didn't make the same mistake twice.
 

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