Lift going on... Do i need caster correction bushings?

[englaneato]

Not free, will take me a day to tear down and service, plus the time to do the cut n turn. So perhaps a dozen hours all together. My front axle isn't due for service yet

If you have to pay to have it done, a few hundred dollars more than a front axle service, plus whatever parts you're throwing in as PM.

I elected to slot the holes and weld washers because that took an hour, and because I'm only on OME 850-860. If I had lifted higher, or felt driveline issues I'd have thought harder about a cut n turn. One hours time is much more appealing than a long days work lol.

What's a cut and turn for a laymen

 

[Scottsire]

The Toyota axle has a closed knuckle housing that can be cut loose from the main axle tube and rotated and welded to correct caster. It's a big mod with leaf sprung rigs, but I hadn't seen anyone talk about it for 80s yet.. Time for me to read more...

 

[landtank]

To remove the old bushing I use the press to push out the rubber and then sawzall the metal ring.

 

[Hdfireman]

I went with Landtank's caster plates. Factory caster specs are 2 to 4*. Before the correction I was at -1.9* and after the Lanktank plates i was at 2.9*. The truck handles so much better now.

 

[landtank]

thought I would mention this in case you wanted to try and salvage the OEM bushings.

I offer a steel self aligning press tool for the arm bushings. I lent one to a club member who lives in RI when he was pressing in some CC bushings.He had good luck with it.

I'm sure most will think it's kind of pricey but it is what it is.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/ajik-overland/761784-landtank-80-series-bushing-press-tool.html

 

[Pin_Head]

The inner bearing race for the front of a Nissan Maxima is nearly an exact fit for the bushing press tool and the pick n pull is full of them. You have to grind a few thousandths off the rim. Take your calipers and check the diameter because there are probably lots of others lying on the ground so you don't have to pull one.