RC upper control arm bushings not pressed in all the way (by design)

[BeenChevy]

Grabbed a pair of camber adjust kits from Napa PN 264-3717. The alignment shop was willing to swap out the cam locks for an hour of labor, $60 in washes and waive the re-alignment. Here's the new numbers:

 

[olyelr]

Nice! What size rubber?

 

[BeenChevy]

Nice! What size rubber?

Thanks. 295/55 today. Now that all the snow is melted; the 33x12.5 are going on. Have yet to see what the chrome LTZ's look like on these trucks.

 

[BeenChevy]

Had a chance to drive the truck a few hundred miles yesterday and it's apparent that it's pulling to the right a bit. Enough that I have to hold the steering wheel slightly off center to the left for it to track straight. Hands off the wheel it will maintain for a short bit and then begin drifting to the right while the steering wheel maintains center.

Looking at the alignment photo above, would it make sense that the caster may need to be adjusted a bit more?

SuspensionMaxx lists the following specs in there below:

WHEEL ALIGNMENT SPECS W/ LEVELING KIT
CAMBER 0.5Deg. +/- 0.5Deg.
CASTER 2.0Deg. +/- 1.0Deg.
(LEFT TO RIGHT MUST BE EQUAL +/- 0.25Deg.)
TOTAL TOE 1/8in. +/- 1/8in.

 

[OR VietVet]

Had a chance to drive the truck a few hundred miles yesterday and it's apparent that it's pulling to the right a bit. Enough that I have to hold the steering wheel slightly off center to the left for it to track straight. Hands off the wheel it will maintain for a short bit and then begin drifting to the right while the steering wheel maintains center.

Looking at the alignment photo above, would it make sense that the caster may need to be adjusted a bit more?

SuspensionMaxx lists the following specs in there below:

WHEEL ALIGNMENT SPECS W/ LEVELING KIT
CAMBER 0.5Deg. +/- 0.5Deg.
CASTER 2.0Deg. +/- 1.0Deg.
(LEFT TO RIGHT MUST BE EQUAL +/- 0.25Deg.)
TOTAL TOE 1/8in. +/- 1/8in.

Sounds like does not have enough caster lead on the passenger side. You could also swap tires and see what happens.

 

[BeenChevy]

Yeah it'd be unequal to and is greater than .25degrees at .90 difference right to left.

I checked my truck-cam and it looks like they pulled it out of the bay and parked it w/o any test drive. Now THAT's confidence

 

[OR VietVet]

The difference of caster on that sheet is too high on the left. The difference of .4 should be on the right. It is in the green but any good alignment tech should give a caster lead to the right and not the left.

 

[BeenChevy]

Here's the new numbers.. although it seems to steer centered and easier to drive. Not sure what to think of the numbers. I wonder if the control arm bushing not being pressed in all the way as the drivers side is factoring the results.

 

[BeenChevy]

 

[BeenChevy]

Here we go again. Looks like both pins missing from the drivers side at forward upper arm mount and one of the cams is dropped out of position... this would mean the entire bolt is twisted, yeah?