caster angle
Submitted: Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 15:13
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elkhound
could somebody please tell me what the correct caster angle should be for a 80 series landcruiser 91 model gxl turbo,have been told +2 ,my straight line stability was ####house at -.75,have since turned housing back,driving very
well now , cheers
Reply By: Hairs & Fysh (NSW) - Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 15:25
Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 15:25
Spend the money and get it done professionally.
Can't go wrong.
Easy
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Follow Up By: elkhound - Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 16:58
Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 16:58
had the frontend aligned two weeks ago,problem being you can go wrong professionally as it turned out,but thanks for the input,may ring toyota tomorrow,like to know spec. anyway cheers mark
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Follow Up By: Hairs & Fysh (NSW) - Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 17:12
Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 17:12
Hi Mark,
After I posted I though maybe that's why your asking, that they had stuffed it up.
Check out
This Link It might be able to help you find what your looking for.
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Reply By: Member - 120scruiser (NSW) - Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 17:36
Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 17:36
Straight from the manual
With 31 x 10.50 R15
265/75 R15
9.00-15-6PRLT tyres
Angle should be 1 deg 40 min +/- 60 min
All other radial tyres
3 deg +/- 60 min
Obviously yours has a lift in which you need the off set bushes if 2 or 3 inches but if higher you require the caster plates.
Scott
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Reply By: mechpete - Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 18:29
Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 18:29
in most cases L/H/S has more caster than the R/H/S to offset the camber of the road which nornally causes most vehicles to run off to the left . get it done by the people who know their job .
mechpete
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Reply By: Member - 120scruiser (NSW) - Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 08:49
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 08:49
They only press out and you press the new ones in. Pretty easy but you do need a large press to get the old ones moving. You put the new ones in the freezer for awhile before you press them in and they go in easy.
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Reply By: Sea-Dog - Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 09:36
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 09:36
I found with my 80 that a 2" lift brought my castor angle to zero..
At 0 the drive was ok even with 305/70/16 muddies on board... when I went up a little higher and the castor angle got into the negatives the steering on the highways etc was shocking and I found that I had to continually steer the car..
I did a 2 degree correction which put the castor to +1 and the difference in drive is huge..
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Follow Up By: elkhound - Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 18:05
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 18:05
G,day sea-dog,you are spot on ,my 80 had supposeably 2 inch lift,drove OK? when i converted to dual cab i up graded too extra heavy coils 2 inch lift (supposeably)all round,put caster bushes for 2-3 inch lift in the same time,still drove airey fairy so to speak,just had it aligned -.75,they say it drives allright,couldn,t put up with it! so sloted front holes in support arms and stregthend brackets as
well,driving like a 80 should . cheers mark.
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