Ok, from my original thread (https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=50888&page=1&pp=30), my 97 was wandering the road. From that thread, I was told to do the front axle before I did anything drastic (plates from Slee). So I did the following:
Front axle rebuild
New rotors front and rear (were below spec)
Caliper rebuild front and rear (brakes were not the best)
New pads front and rear (100 series in front)
New tie rod and ends
New relay link and ends
(new rods because I couldn't get the old ones apart from the ends!!!)
I then took it to get it aligned to make sure everything was ok. Here are my readings, before and after the change (in degrees):
Front Caster
Left (before, after): 1.45, 1.27
Right (before, after): 1.59, 0.85
Front Camber
Left (before, after): 0.28, 0.27
Right (before, after): 0.14, 0.12
Front Toe:
Left (before, after): 0.10, 0.09
Right (before, after): 0.07, 0.14
Rear Camber:
Left (before, after): 0.10, 0.14
Right (before, after): 0.13, -0.31
Rear Toe:
Left (before, after): 0.31, 0.28
Right (before, after): 0.21, -0.24
My caster got WORSE and the right rear seems to be really out of whack. What is going on????
And back to my original issue, what do I do about the low caster in the front and the wandering that is happening? Is it time to give the plates a try? And how about getting them to be close to the same?!?!?!
TIA!
Front axle rebuild
New rotors front and rear (were below spec)
Caliper rebuild front and rear (brakes were not the best)
New pads front and rear (100 series in front)
New tie rod and ends
New relay link and ends
(new rods because I couldn't get the old ones apart from the ends!!!)
I then took it to get it aligned to make sure everything was ok. Here are my readings, before and after the change (in degrees):
Front Caster
Left (before, after): 1.45, 1.27
Right (before, after): 1.59, 0.85
Front Camber
Left (before, after): 0.28, 0.27
Right (before, after): 0.14, 0.12
Front Toe:
Left (before, after): 0.10, 0.09
Right (before, after): 0.07, 0.14
Rear Camber:
Left (before, after): 0.10, 0.14
Right (before, after): 0.13, -0.31
Rear Toe:
Left (before, after): 0.31, 0.28
Right (before, after): 0.21, -0.24
My caster got WORSE and the right rear seems to be really out of whack. What is going on????
And back to my original issue, what do I do about the low caster in the front and the wandering that is happening? Is it time to give the plates a try? And how about getting them to be close to the same?!?!?!
TIA!