Lift & Factory Rake Question
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Here is what you dip****s are missing. Adjusting the arms is no different than adding a spacer to the springs, changing the length of springs, changing the arms, etc. You may be changing the caster angle but you are also changing other things as well like the spring position, drive shaft angle, etc. It is not as simple as changing the lenght of the upper or lower arms whch is effectively what you are doing. There is no mechanical means to adjust caster. It does not exist. There is no way of changing the position of the upper and lower ball joints without a torch. If someone can show me how to rotate the position of the ball joints I will apologize. Until then you should shut your mouths on a subject that you have only read about.
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Here is what you dip****s are missing. Adjusting the arms is no different than adding a spacer to the springs, changing the length of springs, changing the arms, etc. You may be changing the caster angle but you are also changing other things as well like the spring position, drive shaft angle, etc. It is not as simple as changing the length of the upper or lower arms whch is effectively what you are doing. There is no mechanical means to adjust caster. It does not exist. There is no way of changing the position of the upper and lower ball joints without a torch. If someone can show me how to rotate the position of the ball joints I will apologize. Until then you should shut your mouths on a subject that you have only read about.
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Here is what you dip****s are missing. Adjusting the arms is no different than adding a spacer to the springs, changing the length of springs, changing the arms, etc. You may be changing the caster angle but you are also changing other things as well like the spring position, drive shaft angle, etc. It is not as simple as changing the lenght of the upper or lower arms whch is effectively what you are doing. There is no mechanical means to adjust caster. It does not exist. There is no way of changing the position of the upper and lower ball joints without a torch. If someone can show me how to rotate the position of the ball joints I will apologize. Until then you should shut your mouths on a subject that you have only read about.
You are too much man! Not only can the caster be adjusted using the cam bolts, but there are adjustable ball joints that not only adjust camber, they will also adjust caster slightly. So now there are two ways of adjusting caster. And now you just said "you may be changing the caster angle", which was the debate to begin with. Nothing else, just whether or not caster is adjustable.
Last edited by zman17; Jul 31, 2009 at 09:19 AM.
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You are too much man! Not only can the caster be adjusted using the cam bolts, but there are adjustable ball joints that not only adjust camber, they will also adjust caster slightly. So now there are two ways of adjusting caster. And now you just said "you may be changing the caster angle", which was the debate to begin with. Nothing else, just whether or not caster is adjustable.