Soft brakes (2 Viewers)

[gaijin]

So ... after all this, how do the brakes feel?

 

[linuxgod]

So ... after all this, how do the brakes feel?

They're perfect now. You'd think they were new

 

[TonyP]

Wife just picked up the truck. So (fingers crossed) as long as nothing else goes wrong over the next 48 hours I should be in Breckenridge Friday afternoon/evening.

The service manager at my Toyota dealer kept saying he doesn't like the angle on the CVs, particularly I think because there was some CV grease that had leaked out (and of course because he can't really tell why the wheel bearings failed). The TD lift is only ~2" in the front though, and @reevesci would need to confirm but I believe the actual travel on the TD lift is the same as stock (just set +2" to start), so if the CV angle was causing immediate wheel bearing problems (and I mean immediate) I would also expect problems on every 200 that went over a bump.

I may consider a 1" diff drop when I get back if the angles still seem steep but at the moment my only concern is the little bit of grease from the new boots. Hoping that's due to overfilling and/or some air/initial thermal expansion, or that someone with more experience than me chimes in.

I wheeled the s*** out of my 200 in Moab with the TD setup. No CV boot issues.

 

[gaijin]

They're perfect now. You'd think they were new

Great news! Thanks for the feedback.

 

[linuxgod]

I wheeled the s*** out of my 200 in Moab with the TD setup. No CV boot issues.

After this mornings alignment guy kindly swapped clamps on the inner boots, I've put a few hundred miles with no issues.

I'll probably buy some rounded edge worm drive clamps that pfran sells for the 100 series when I get home and replace all my clamps with those

 

[chilibit]

Glad your brakes are more satisfying. I would find those caster settings very 'twitchy.' I moved mine out to the max to minimize having to actively manage steering angle. Perhaps stacked tolerances played their inevitable roll with mine. I don't understand why the frame design does not promote more self centering.

 

[linuxgod]

It's not twitchy on the highway. He maxed out one side (right?) and set the other slightly lower than max to help compensate for the road crown. He did say he would expect the suspension to settle a bit more over the next few thousand miles and that as that happens it would only help add a tiny bit of caster and reduce the camber ever so slightly

About 750 miles on it and my only complaint is that it seems to pull right more than I'd like. I have to keep the steering wheel turned left by 2-3 degrees. I suspect it's due to the rear thrust angle and I might need an adjustable panhard bar.

 

[Yossarian]

In July I did a trip to the east coast and back. I had an alignment done after my suspension work, and all the way to SC it was pulling to the left, enough to be aggravating. I had the 65k service done at the Greenville Toyota dealer (subpar BTW), and had them recheck the alignment. It was all within spec, but after the 5 tire rotation it now pulls slightly to the right (all tires at the same PSI and no apparent defects).

 

[chilibit]

In July I did a trip to the east coast and back. I had an alignment done after my suspension work, and all the way to SC it was pulling to the left, enough to be aggravating. I had the 65k service done at the Greenville Toyota dealer (subpar BTW), and had them recheck the alignment. It was all within spec, but after the 5 tire rotation it now pulls slightly to the right (all tires at the same PSI and no apparent defects).

My suspicion is that it is a belt on one of the tires. It is tricky to find. At this point the one tire it is probably NOT is in the spare location. I would swap the spare to the front right and then the front left and observe the results. If you can isolate it then put it into spare position and restrict yourself to four-tire rotations. Of course there is some guesswork in my suggestion.

 

[Yossarian]

My suspicion is that it is a belt on one of the tires. It is tricky to find. At this point the one tire it is probably NOT is in the spare location. I would swap the spare to the front right and then the front left and observe the results. If you can isolate it then put it into spare position and restrict yourself to four-tire rotations. Of course there is some guesswork in my suggestion.

I'm going to dig into it more time permitting, thanks for the suggestion.

 

[linuxgod]

My pull to the right is slight. I bit enough that if I let go of the wheel she'll drift to the next lane in 5 or maybe 10 seconds.

Under heavy acceleration it also pulls a bit right, which combined with the thrust angle specs on the alignment sheet is why I'm thinking a rear panhard bar will help me. But if your direction changes with a tire rotation that's unlikely to be your issue

I do find I get more pull when towing but I'm chalking that up to the anti-sway binding and so the trailer is ever so slightly pulling me to one side. I keep the anti sway bar cranked down pretty tight.

 

[Yossarian]

But if your direction changes with a tire rotation that's unlikely to be your issue

Yes, and the change was unexpected. How far to go, or have you made it to Brek?

 

[linuxgod]

We made it around 2pm. Set up camp and are planning to do the peak 10 run tonight

 

[Mogwai]

Couldn't find other threads specific to alignment numbers so since yours was the last I recall posted I figured I'd post mine here. Took my truck back into the place who did my 1st alignment post Tundra/lift install - that was 5k miles ago and they do a free re-align w/in 1yr/12k miles. I was off a bit after the 5k miles, I noticed mostly the truck drove pretty "straight" but took effort to keep it down a line. I only got to drive for a few mins after pickup but seems to be close to perfect again. Caster is at 3.2/3.1 which is about a degree higher than it was previously, but still not as aggressive as some guys run (5 to 6 degrees). No clue what half the other numbers mean

 

[TonyP]

I need to take my 200 back in for an alignment. I had one before Moab but I don't think they adjusted my UCAs. I might need to make an appointment at the off-road specific shop.