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Question About Control Arm Shims on 3" Lift

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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Aljay
That's why I do my own !
Tell me about it! I took my wife's Yukon to the dealer to get aligned. I took off work early and sat in the waiting room 3 HOURS. The dude walked in at 5:00 as he was leaving and handed me the keys and said "your all good man". I told him I wanted the results print out, which he got for me and left. I got in the truck and looked it over......ALL he did was set the toe - camber and caster was out and the same specs before and after. To say I was pissed is an understatement.

I went by the next day at lunch and showed the service manager the print outs and asked him what he thought about them. He got me in after work and had another guy do it, who did it right.

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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by xj_maniac_newb
If you plan on getting an alignment then just let the alignment shop do it, setting the castor is a main part of the alignment. And when you raise or lower you jeep its always going to change the toe-in. Unless you plan on doing an at home alignment, take you jeep to an alignment shop and never worry about it again.

And i had no bumpsteer whatsoever at 3".
Correct me if i'm wrong, but toe in wouldn't be changed regardless of lift or lower as it's a solid axle front end....the link from tie rod end to tie rod end does not change. am I wrong?
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Roblaza
Correct me if i'm wrong, but toe in wouldn't be changed regardless of lift or lower as it's a solid axle front end....the link from tie rod end to tie rod end does not change. am I wrong?

Toe changed on mine when I did the lift.
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Aljay
Toe changed on mine when I did the lift.
Really?? that's odd. Mine didn't at all. The only thing that changed on mine was tracking, and the caster...
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