Too Much Castor?

[jpaws]

Hello,
I was wondering if there were any ill effects of having Castor out of spec on the high side? I have somewhere between a 2.5-2.8 inch lift (Kings) and JBA control arms. I am at 4.97- L and 5.03- R. All other values are within spec and the truck seems to drive really well.

I put 255/80/17 ST Maxx's on yesterday and aren't close to rubbing anything anywhere on the TRD Pro rims. I was expecting to trim something... Is this because of the high castor?

Should I try to get this castor number down some, or forget about it? I don't want issues with these expensive tires!

Appreciate any help/advice.

 

[jhguth]

too much castor will give you the shits

 

[sandcrawler]

Hello,
I was wondering if there were any ill effects of having Castor out of spec on the high side? I have somewhere between a 2.5-2.8 inch lift (Kings) and JBA control arms. I am at 4.97- L and 5.03- R. All other values are within spec and the truck seems to drive really well.

I put 255/80/17 ST Maxx's on yesterday and aren't close to rubbing anything anywhere on the TRD Pro rims. I was expecting to trim something... Is this because of the high castor?

Should I try to get this castor number down some, or forget about it? I don't want issues with these expensive tires!

Appreciate any help/advice.

caster doesn't tend to influence wear in the way that camber does, so if it drives to your liking (steering feel isn't too heavy) you shouldn't worry about it. your alignment tech deserves a tip o' the hat, honestly; nearly perfect side-to-side.

too much castor will give you the shits

literally my first thought also. :biggrin1:

 

[dot_tom]

4.5 caster is great. I've always felt the more caster the better.

Local guy here is running 6* using TC UCA and LCA.

On the other hand, there is a goofy 3rd gen Taco in town who admitted to running almost zero caster because his 5100s are cranked up so high and stock UCA. That's terrible. Not sure how he keeps it on the road but his 35's fit, lol.

 

[jpaws]

Thanks for the input everyone. Sometimes seeing the final numbers in the "red" makes you wonder. I will ride on and forget about it.

 

[JP421]

:worthless

Not really, but pics of the 255s would be appreciated.