Caster kit?

Alright, so I went down to the good ol' Alton's tire shop! I coincidentally had my alignment done on the day they had it $10 off!

Took them 5 hours to do, but 4 of it was probably fartin around. Eh, I was only a block away at work anyways. The point is, I was'nt convinced they did my alignment, right! It still pulled to the right!

Go this morning and whattya know. My tire tread is worn bad enough it pulls to the left now! (they switched the fronts) Anyhoo, they said I should get a caster kit because I have it lowered.

Anyone know of where I can get one? One of the guys says I have to buy new control arms?

caster or do you mean camber? camber is left to right and caster is front to back. just checking

to adjust which way it pulls is on you tie rod. the leaning and wearing out tires is camber. i dont know of a kit but i took all the shims out of mine and never had a problem. but that has nothing to do with which ways it pulls.

My camber and toe was fixed. They said they could'nt adjust the caster on it because it does'nt have adjustments? They said I could buy a kit online?

I could scan the paper up of my alignment and show you what I'm talking about...


Are shims a way of adjusting caster?

I read up a whole article on alignment, so I know what is up... I've searched all over the place and all I can find is shims for the b2600. But it said it was OEM replacements... So if there is'nt a kit, then I guess you cant adjust caster on these trucks... So if worse comes to worse, I will have to raise the truck to stock until I bag it. Right now, my tires won't get eaten up because of mis-alignment because of lowering it. But I dunno how bad the caster is going to affect anything?

As far as I know, it really only affects how well you can steer?

Can't say I have had the opertunity to work on a B2600 suspension but I can only assume it is the same as a B2200. If they are the same, then CASTER can be adjusted in 1 of 2 ways - the strut rod attached to the lower control arm is adjustable where it meets the frame is the first. A CAMBER kit for our trucks would only consist of SHIMS of various thickness for the upper control arm. The shims effect the CASTER (second method) and CAMBER.

Most reputable alignment shops in this area have box fulls of alignment shims and should be able to align you truck to "a point". I say this as the CAMBER setting may be to "negative", but as long as it is equal, you and your tires should be fine (most I beam Ford trucks have negative camber naturally). With the correct shims, the shop should be able to set the CASTER to spec - this would allow for proper tracking and steering around tight corners. Proper toe alignment effects tire wear the most - but is also the easiest to correct. Hope this helps.

Hm-M-M.Did u say they switched the fronts?Did they put left front tire on right front and vice versa?Radials should be switched front to back,not side to side.As Immortal posted above any good tire shop should be able to adjust caster ,camber and toe in/out with the tools,equipment and parts on hand for most any car.Sounds like u need another tire shop.BJ

Don't forget that your vehicle should pull very slightly to the right when the alignment is done properly for safety.

^^^true story

you can adjust caster with those shims on your upper control arm. you might need more of them than what you have, but you most deffinately can adjust it. there's no caster kit necessary(i've never even heard of one). those guys are dumbasses like hocbj said its time for new tire guys.

pretty much. caster will affect your steering, it's not a tire wear angle.