red97rum
New member
Hi there, hope everyone is well! I recently bought a new set (new to me from a fellow Montero owner) of wheels/tires for my rig, tires are 305/70/16s. The torsion bars required a bit of cranking in order to lift the front, along with slight trimming of the bumper corners and a little massaging with a hammer to the inner portions of the wheel wells/fenders. Nothing too horrible and you really don't notice it anyway, but of course, that messed the alignment all up. I took the rig to my local Firestone (I have the lifetime alignment B.S.) and now the caster measurements are not right and I'm sure most of you know, Gen 2 trucks have no [easy] way to adjust the caster. Is it possible I screwed something up when adjusting the torsion bars or does cranking the torsions even mess with caster? From what I can tell, measuring from the tops of the wheels to the fender arch, the driver side is almost .5" higher than the passenger, although I'm not overly confident in my measurements.. I did a bit of searching online and I haven't found a whole lot with regards to screwed up caster on these rigs, do any of you guys have an idea what may be wrong or can you suggest a good starting point to investigate? The truck aligned fine 6-7 months ago on 31's, stock wheels and stock ride height. Prior to the first alignment I installed all new Moog ball joints, tie rod ends and pitman arm. I also rebuilt the OEM idler with the ADD Kingpin kit, and while I've done a fair bit of wheeling, nothing has been too abusive. Any advice and or suggestions on where to begin would be much appreciated!
Caster is as follows:
L=3.15 R=2.60
Here's a pic of the rig on the lift, don't have any better pics with the new wheels as I haven't taken it out yet.
A couple more pics of the beast in the wild are attached though, I love this truck.
Caster is as follows:
L=3.15 R=2.60
Here's a pic of the rig on the lift, don't have any better pics with the new wheels as I haven't taken it out yet.
A couple more pics of the beast in the wild are attached though, I love this truck.