Chevy1925 (James) Truck/motor build

[Chevy1925]

Think im gunna give the limo another shot to tow the tracker out to KOH. Just towing either a flat bed or goose with a canam on it and tracker.

A/c compressor is leaking out the nose. Ordered another from napa but it was the wrong one. Decided to align it while i had it at work.

Explains the pull lol. Even though the caster is red, i prefer the higher caster numbers. After 45 min of tweaking

Drives like a dream down the road now. Correct compressor shows up tomorrow so ill get that swapped in then.


Also, it amazes me how much other shops would say this truck “cant be aligned properly”. No, it means your tech doesnt have an understanding about how camber/caster works and you just read what the computer says. They also struggle to center the steering wheel because these heavy ass trucks keep the floating front plates from actually moving during adjustments and the steering wheel turns instead even with the steering lock. If you just adjust one side at a time and make sure the opposite side stays at the same number it was before any adjustments were made, you can massage the tires/steering back to the center you made with some pushing. Hard to explain but simple to do once you see it.

 

[2004LB7]

Looks like your truck was driving sideways down the road. Any plans to try and adjust the thrust angle for the rear?

 

[malibu795]

7° of caster... Nice!, I have problems with shops trying to get 5°

 

[NC-smokinlmm]

I have only 1 shop that can align my trucks. The rest it’s like they are playing horseshoes.

 

[bluessmax]

Think im gunna give the limo another shot to tow the tracker out to KOH. Just towing either a flat bed or goose with a canam on it and tracker.

A/c compressor is leaking out the nose. Ordered another from napa but it was the wrong one. Decided to align it while i had it at work.

Explains the pull lol. Even though the caster is red, i prefer the higher caster numbers. After 45 min of tweaking

Drives like a dream down the road now. Correct compressor shows up tomorrow so ill get that swapped in then.


Also, it amazes me how much other shops would say this truck “cant be aligned properly”. No, it means your tech doesnt have an understanding about how camber/caster works and you just read what the computer says. They also struggle to center the steering wheel because these heavy ass trucks keep the floating front plates from actually moving during adjustments and the steering wheel turns instead even with the steering lock. If you just adjust one side at a time and make sure the opposite side stays at the same number it was before any adjustments were made, you can massage the tires/steering back to the center you made with some pushing. Hard to explain but simple to do once you see it.

You couldn't of said that better! Getting proper alignments is rare these days.

 

[gmduramax]

Think im gunna give the limo another shot to tow the tracker out to KOH. Just towing either a flat bed or goose with a canam on it and tracker.

A/c compressor is leaking out the nose. Ordered another from napa but it was the wrong one. Decided to align it while i had it at work.

Explains the pull lol. Even though the caster is red, i prefer the higher caster numbers. After 45 min of tweaking

Drives like a dream down the road now. Correct compressor shows up tomorrow so ill get that swapped in then.


Also, it amazes me how much other shops would say this truck “cant be aligned properly”. No, it means your tech doesnt have an understanding about how camber/caster works and you just read what the computer says. They also struggle to center the steering wheel because these heavy ass trucks keep the floating front plates from actually moving during adjustments and the steering wheel turns instead even with the steering lock. If you just adjust one side at a time and make sure the opposite side stays at the same number it was before any adjustments were made, you can massage the tires/steering back to the center you made with some pushing. Hard to explain but simple to do once you see it.

That’s a good alignment for California

 

[N2BRK]

all toe on one side and not even l/r?

 

[Chevy1925]

Looks like your truck was driving sideways down the road. Any plans to try and adjust the thrust angle for the rear?

China Lift blocks for ya. .25 of a degree isnt hardly noticeable driving. I think its like 1/8” of thrust when converted to inches.

It was funny how pissed the machine got when it saw the front end was 3” wider each side than the rear.

 

[Chevy1925]

That’s a good alignment for California

Wasnt a dig at your alignment guy, buddy. In his defense i adjusted ride height and redid UCA bushings so it was going to be off lol

Im just ranting how the alignment shops around is just suck. Only one place is decent and they are 2 hours away

all toe on one side and not even l/r?

Ones + toe and other is - toe because the steering going down the road wasnt centered. When i centered it on the rack, it shows how far off it was

 

[darkness]

Are there any Southern Tire Marts or other medium/heavy duty shops around? My dad takes his dually to STM because no one else in town will touch it.

 

[gmduramax]

Wasnt a dig at your alignment guy, buddy. In his defense i adjusted ride height and redid UCA bushings so it was going to be off lol

Im just ranting how the alignment shops around is just suck. Only one place is decent and they are 2 hours away



Ones + toe and other is - toe because the steering going down the road wasnt centered. When i centered it on the rack, it shows how far off it was

Oh trust me I know the struggle. Only place I trust is an hour away. I tried someone new in town for The Limo and their alignment rack is off, not even sure how that’s possible. Found that out after I took my vette there.

 

[Chevy1925]

Are there any Southern Tire Marts or other medium/heavy duty shops around? My dad takes his dually to STM because no one else in town will touch it.

Nope but doesnt really matter since we decided every one around us sucks so we got our own rack lol.

 

[NC-smokinlmm]

I have to take mine to a heavy truck shop.

 

[shakenfake]

I also take mine to a heavy truck shop. No machines there.

I once got an alignment on a lowered 1500 that lasted all of 400 miles and they told me I was trying to pull one over their head and I changed out all the parts. Idiots.

 

[SoCalMike]

It's starting to get busy out here with people heading out to KOH. I live about 45mins from there. I just looked it up and didn't realize it started around the 18th. It must be people heading out for the weekend. Good luck out there James

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[1FastBrick]

I have seen various tow rigs the past two weeks heading down the 91 destin for KOH.

 

[SoCalMike]

I see a lot of toys heading out there this morning. I live kinda close to one of the last gas stations heading out there before you get to Lucerne Valley. So we get a bunch of traffic.

 

[Chevy1925]

Thanks Mike!

The desert course has a 10-15 mile shitty rock section but otherwise its a blast. Tracker handled it awesome till we got into big ass whoops. Need to slow the rebound down on the back end and i think it would be better