Just got back from having a tire rotation, tire tech comes to me and says the front tires have some cupping on the outside. Only 11,200 miles on the truck, never heard of an alignment issue with that low mileage. Anyone heard of this?


On a good side of this, they did not charge me the 20.00 for the rotation and were able to give me a great deal on a lifetime alignment for the Ram. Firestone rocks!

 

mine did that on both sides of the front tires at about 8,200 miles took it to the dealer and had them do an alignment under warranty service adviser said its likely because they tightened the chains to tight when they shipped it from the assembly plant to the dealer i smelled bs on that though so who knows what actually caused it and caused it not to show up for 8,000 miles

 

My 2013 was out last week when i got the new tires, lots of toe on both sides out, set close at factory but saw the screen before alignment done ,had 4800 on the truck

 

I am having issues too. I had the dealer do the alignment when I bought it last month. I had to take it back twice. The printout says it's good but it does not travel straight. I suspect their machine is jacked. When I get home I am going to take it to an independent alignment shop.

 

Going to take the truck to Firestone Wend, lifetime alignment agreement with them so better use it. Not to keen on the dealership for this work.

 

There was a post by LU229 a while back about an update to the 09 alignment specs , as he said in the post if your shop has not updated there equipment then you are wasting your time and money having it do there , ask if they have the updated specs loaded in there machine.

 

Correct... it came out i believe as a TSB(?) when the tie-rod recall came out.
If my old azz memory serves me right, they changed the toe settings... BUT please dont hold me to that, your dealer will hopefully have that info.

 

I just had the wife`s car alignment done at firestone. I didnt even have to ask them for a "before & after" printout of the alignment, they told me before getting it done by them that they always give this printout with every alignment without asking for it. They also gave me a printout of when the spec`s were updated on their alignment equipment so as to make sure we had the latest updates per OEM information. If you have a good firestone service center, you`ll likely have the proper work performed.

Per your "Not to keen" = AGREED...!!!!!!!!!

 

Also on rams with 20" tires you need to rotate more often

 

I cant locate at this time, the spec sheet that came with my tie-rods when the recall came out, but i did find these specs (posted below) on another site. I`m not positive that these specs are correct/updated, maybe someone else can locate the updated specs and post them in here. It would be also good to see both specs just to see what changed between the old specs and the new updated specs if someone can post that information.


Alignment Specs:
CAMBER - LEFT
0.10°
-0.30° to 0.50°

CAMBER - RIGHT
-0.10°
-0.30° to 0.50°

CROSS - CAMBER (Maximum Side-To-Side Difference)
0.20°
-0.20° to 0.60°

CASTER -- LEFT
3.50°
3.00° to 4.00°

CASTER - RIGHT (20 and 22 in. Tire)
3.90°
3.40° to 4.40°

CROSS - CASTER (20 and 22 in. Tire)
-0.40°
-0.80° to 0.00°

CASTER - RIGHT (17 in. Tire)
3.75°
3.25° to 4.25°

CROSS - CASTER (17 in. Tire)
-0.25°
-0.65° to 0.15°

TOE - TOTAL*
0.10°
0.00° to 0.20°

Positive toe (+) is toe-in and negative toe (−) is Toe-out.

* TOTAL TOE is the sum of both the left and right wheel toe settings. TOTAL TOE should be equally split between each wheel on the same axle to ensure the steering wheel is centered after setting toe.


REAR ALIGNMENT
PREFERRED SETTING
ACCEPTABLE RANGE

CAMBER
-0.10°
-0.60° to 0.40°

CROSS - CAMBER (Maximum Side-To-Side Difference)
0.00°
-0.50° to 0.50°

TOE - TOTAL*
0.30°
0.00° to 0.60°

THRUST ANGLE
0.00°
-0.30° to 0.30°

Positive toe (+) is toe-in and negative toe (−) is Toe-out.

* TOTAL TOE is the sum of both the left and right wheel toe settings. TOTAL TOE should be equally split between each wheel on the same axle to ensure the steering wheel is centered after setting toe.