Game changer propshaft

[ECrider]

Wouldn't know how to check my caster, or exactly what it is

do you not put it on your Victoria sponges?

 

[Roving.Grenadier]

Wouldn't know how to check my caster, or exactly what it is

Haha, well it's normally measured when you go in for an alignment, and it's on the paper they give you at the end. But the castor angle is best described by just looking at the image below haha.

 

[Tazzieman]

do you not put it on your Victoria sponges?

As long as he spells it correctly, with an 'e', it's all good
As he should also do with the angle.

 

[CRH]

As long as he spells it correctly, with an 'e', it's all good
As he should also do with the angle.

I think it's around 45⁰

 

[Dokatd]

I've had my caster at .7 degrees, so not sure if that help or not. or maybe its -.7, can't remember haha

This almost certainly has had a huge effect on your joints life span. This is not a trivial number at all, many trucks are sitting at 2-3° and Ineos was super inconsistent with this setting as they were not actually aligning many of the trucks if not all trucks that went over seas. That left dealers to do the alignments and they would have targeted higher caster numbers as .7° would be considered out of spec. And with all that the reality is the caster should have been set closer to a full 5° to provide more consistent handling.

So yes, your .7° caster is most certainly your secret sauce so to speak. I would also assume your toe is a bit high to account for the low caster.

 

[ADVAW8S]

This almost certainly has had a huge effect on your joints life span. This is not a trivial number at all, many trucks are sitting at 2-3° and Ineos was super inconsistent with this setting as they were not actually aligning many of the trucks if not all trucks that went over seas. That left dealers to do the alignments and they would have targeted higher caster numbers as .7° would be considered out of spec. And with all that the reality is the caster should have been set closer to a full 5° to provide more consistent handling.

So yes, your .7° caster is most certainly your secret sauce so to speak. I would also assume your toe is a bit high to account for the low caster.

So with a low castor number, his pinion turned up making a straighter drive line.

 

[Dokatd]

So with a low castor number, his pinion turned up making a straighter drive line.

100%. It's just that little edge the T-case side joint needs to keep from pinching constantly. The pinch is super light to begin with. Ineos was just so damn close.

 

[rayanbm]

Hi All, i am late to this thread and not sure if it was mentioned earlier, other than replacing the dshaft and solving those joint issues! I am sure that with the horrible geometry done on the front axle, aftermarket providers will soon come out with front axles if they sense a demand.

Since the axle itself is a heavy duty unit, has anyone ever attempted to cut and turn the C's? This will do 2 things at once, fix the pinion angle and caster.