bumpsteer probs

hey everyone i am having problems with bumpsteer on my yota and i was wondering if there is any way that this can be fixed other than raising my truck back up. alignment is perfect and everything is right but i have a pretty good angle going on with my tie rods. any help is appreciated.

You might need to post some pics of your front suspension. I haven't had any dealings with Toyota steering being visually bad, they do have bumpsteer probs, but nothing to bad. Is it an '89 to '95 or a Taco?

stabilizer is new. whole front end is too. tie-rod to tie-rod everything done about a month ago and professionally aligned. center drag link is fine but tie-rod ends both go up about 1.5"-2" bump steer not too bad but its noticeable on certain streets. mabye I'm just particular since i paid so much too get it aligned. I got one of those lifetime alignments forme firestone for $164 I go back every now and then just to get it checked since its free from now on. the shop said i need to lower it some more to get my caster perfect because my control arms are bottomed out even though I've lowered it already 6" in the front and cut out the bumpstops and mounts for them. they said that the hydros i had on it were probably the culprit from the abuse i gave it. looking for some good tubulars that i can use to work with 22's that aren't too damn expensive. all help appreciated. thanks.

bumpsteer can be caused by the wrong wheel offset as well as poor suspension geometry. It sounds like you may have a little of both. Explaining what to look for is next to impossible though.

Again I would need pics...

Don't worry about your caster man, as long as it's the same side to side you should be fine. As for the bumpsteer sfiffer shocks my help a bit???

Do you have drop spindles on it? If you dont then you could raise it back up 2'' and put on the 2'' spindles. That should help with the angle of the tie rods. But if you already have them then my post is worthless lol.

Originally posted by AirRideLuvtruck



Do you have drop spindles on it? If you dont then you could raise it back up 2'' and put on the 2'' spindles. That should help with the angle of the tie rods. But if you already have them then my post is worthless lol.

Yeah didn't even think of that, 100% correct. Putting spindles in might get rid of his lifetime alignment thing though, lol.

i've got the spindles but i haven't put them on yet but that should help a bit. i have a fwd offset on my wheels but they are heavy as hell, a good 50lbs each. i didn't really think about the spindles til now but that should fix it. the caster is only off on the pass side. not bad enough to wear tires but bad enough to drift slightly if i let go of the wheel for a bit, like having a low normal size tire 205-70-14. not bad but annoying to me. about to take off the 20's and put on some 22's so mabye it won't be too bad after the spindles. i have a guy who wants 2 trade me my 20's for his 22" 200 spoke wheels n tires. don't know if i should though. hate spending 4 hrs cleaning wheels on one car. i had 20" 100 spoke daytons before and they gave it a classic look but i don't know if i will still be able to lay out in the front and clear everything with them yet. any suggestions on whether i should keep what i have now or trade for 22's? i know the simple fact that i'm laying 22's is cool but is it still cool with spokes?

Big wires are cool IMO. and any good alignment tech should be able to at least match the caster side to side, sometimes its impossible to get them back to factory spec but like I said before it's way more important that they are the same from side to side. The reason they didn't adjust it is because it takes alot of time and with most alignment machines it's a guess and check adjustment.

Jay is right about the caster and possibly the shocks, but realize that dropped spindles have more tierod geometry issues then the stock spindles do. Unless the issues occur while you are driving the truck 1" off the ground, I don't think that the spindles will be the cure. Have you made any other suspension changes? Flipped ball-joints, custom arms, changed the pivot points... Anything?

At this point, if you haven't made any of those changes, I would bet my breakfast burrito that the heavy wheel/tire combo is the culprit and going with 22's is only going to make it worse.