Castor kit

Submitted: Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:00
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Hello all
new springs and shocks, say standard 2" lift. would this require a castor kit
or not.
is it worth paying the extra $700
L/C 80 seriers
thanks all
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:03

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:03
Dereck,

First up......2" lift will NOT require a castor kit, unless there is already some issue with the vehicle.

Second up..............$700-????????????? R U kiddin' me?????????? For a castor kit??
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:40

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:40
Look up "rancho.com.au" and you'll see they have 2o castor bushes for $140- and 3o bushes for $260-.

My own experience is that I originally had 2" lift and didn't do anything about castor correction....never needed it.

I later fitted 4" front and 5" rear springs and still didn't change castor bushes. However, after driving like that for a couple of years I started to "think" that the steering was feeling a little vague, so bit the bullet and had All-Trac 4x4 in Adelaide do a wheel alignment (1st time ever and the truck had done about 150,000klm at that stage), as well as fitted 2o castor bushes. I think the whole lot cost me about $350- and I reckon it was a waste of money. Neither the castor bushes nor the wheel alignment had ANY effect on the somewhat vague feel to the steering. Turns out that the RTC steering dampener had bleep itself and once I had that replaced under warranty, steering is back to being good again.

YMMV

Roachie
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Reply By: Sea-Dog - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:05

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:05
I have an 80 series with a 2 inch lift with no probs with Castor.... and I have heard that if you go higher and want the kits they cost closer to $300 and is a job you can do yourself with relative ease... Don't quote the figures as I haven't bothered with it myself and I am just relaying it as best as I remember.

Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Stillthinkinaboutit - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:14

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:14
Personally I would fit the caster kit.

By the way ARB's price list has the caster kit listed at $ 136.00 + $ 140.00 for fitting. This is a total of $ 276.00. A long way from $ 700.00

Regards,
Mark
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Reply By: Member - Don (QLD) - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:54

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:54
G'day Derek,
No usually would you require them.If you do
i have 2 degree and 3 degree for sale second hand.
You would be better off to get a wheel alignment first to see how far
out your castor actually are.
Don
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Follow Up By: BenSpoon - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 11:18

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 11:18
can you email us the price - bdelbianco at croesus.com.au
I have 3 and 4" coils which ride at 2" and its shocking on the highway. If ever you travel at over 110km/h you know it because the car is all over the road. I was looking at the correction plates that make the factory bushes and mounts redundant but they stand out and would draw a coppers attention quickly.
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 14:02

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 14:02
Think you'll find that if you fit the plates (usually only if you have a radical lift of 6" or more as far as i know), you still need to use the factory bushes.
I would be surprised if the boys in blue would even know what they were looking at so long as you painted the plates flat black.
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Follow Up By: Member - Don (QLD) - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 14:46

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 14:46
Roachie,
Your spot on.you do need the original bushes to put in the plates.
Until 3 Months ago i didn't jnow what the plates looked like.If you paint
them in the black they justy about look standard to the untrained eye.
Don
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Reply By: tour boy - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 18:29

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 18:29
Hi I have 3" lift diesel springs in a pertol 96 GXL and on a good road it is ok up to a point but on uneven roads, dirt or under moderate to heavy braking it is a pig. I'm getting castor bushes (that I've had for 9 months) fitted next week and a decent wheel alignment. My tyres are 285 / 75/ 16 BFG muds.

I will let you know how much of a difference it makes.

The bushes are OME (4 castor bushes and 2 normal split bushes) and they cost me $260 all up from Lithgow 4wd centre.
Regards
Tour Boy
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 23:16

Friday, Oct 14, 2005 at 23:16
Have run 2 and 3inch lift, never bothered, never needed it..

Once you hit 4inch, thats the magic # on most
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Reply By: rod2101 - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:42

Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:42
Hi all. I put 2" lift lovell springs and the rear also had 30mm spacers,handling was much improved on road but not as stable in a straight line,removed rear spacers and it is now great! If the rear of truck is higher than the front this also reduces the caster (lc100 rfs).
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