Toyota Dealer - No clue on alignment

[izzy]

I misspoke. Toe should be zero and he wants to zero it out. But then he said camber should also be zero.. which I don’t think is good.

I mean I guess you can with the LCA cam bolt but you're not gonna destroy tires with 1 degrees positive camber. By adjusting the caster via the cam bolt you also adjust the camber, it's both at the same time not one or the other.

Toe is what does tires in, not camber, as someone who has had street cars with more than -2 degrees camber.

Why not just specifically ask for zero toe and if he doesn't want to do that find another shop lol

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[tacorancher]

I mean I guess you can with the LCA cam bolt but you're not gonna destroy tires with 1 degrees positive camber. By adjusting the caster via the cam bolt you also adjust the camber, it's both at the same time not one or the other.

Toe is what does tires in, not camber, as someone who has had street cars with more than -2 degrees camber.

Why not just specifically ask for zero toe and if he doesn't want to do that find another shop lol

So you agree it’s not the best idea to try to achieve 0 camber ? Isn’t some camber good?

 

[izzy]

So you agree it’s not the best idea to try to achieve 0 camber ? Isn’t some camber good?

Well you're probably going to have some on the trailhunter because you've got the factory lift. I wouldn't entirely doubt that Toyota specced in some positive camber for reduced steering effort with big tires, and maybe more stability offroad.

Id just start with zero toe or like that guys above

If they can hit 0.05. Might as well do zero at that point and aim for 0 cross toe.

 

[m1keaveli]

most if not all dealers know nothing about the technical aspects on this stuff

9 times out of 10 they just get your car aligned at an independent shop they work with.

 

[izzy]

most if not all dealers know nothing about the technical aspects on this stuff

9 times out of 10 they just get your car aligned at an independent shop they work with.

That's why I had my favorite independent shop do my alignment. I knew the dealer would fk it up.

 

[izzy]

Found this on reddit, what in the world is that toe spec



In comparison here is my trucks last alignment:

Which should apply to all 4Gs front end to be honest.

The spec is just completely wrong. A degree of toe?? In what world is that correct?

 

[rijc99]

This was my readings after an alignment today

All are in green so I guess I’m going to drive and see.

 

[izzy]

This was my readings after an alignment today

All are in green so I guess I’m going to drive and see.

Why a quarter of toe in instead of zero toe each? At least you have almost no cross toe..

Toe in isn't going to do your tires any favors. I guess it helps high speed stability.. big deal in a truck

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