Front end wonders newbie needs help
Thanks all. I hadn't put much thought into the rear. I have some 11 year old JC whitney HD leafs back there that maybe could use some attention. They look ok, but the bushings could be defective and I wouldn't know. Otherwise I just have the same size wheels front & back and keep things pretty much stock. I did get somewhat used the effortless steering over the one week I drove it. Guess I'll have my leafs looked and - maybe new bushings installed and see what the alignment guy can do with more caster for starters.
1) What T-bars are in the front?
2) How many leaves & how thick is each on those HD's? I doubt the bushings are bad already, unless they were tightened when they were hanging w/o shocks, the
torsional stress may have damaged them but.........
3) What shocks are You using?
4) The "general consensus online" is wrong, & the diagram is correct. The arrow indicating the arm's offset means fronts out & rears in for max-caster. The problem
arises when there are other issues w/the body/frame, namely damage/sag/poor manufacture, every car is a little different. So just getting max-caster isn't the only
consideration, You may have one side that needs more camber than caster to get it right. So checking it out with stock bushings first
before putting the offsets in is
actually the right, albeit longer & more painstaking, way of doing it.