Caster shims
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:12 pm
I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row for my new front leaf springs on my S120 4x4. I'm ordering up new U bolts, bushings etc when it occurred to me that maybe this truck had caster shims from the factory. Besides being flat as a pancake the springs that are in there now are a mish mash of wrong leaves and knackered parts so I can't go by what I have which is no shims. A look at the manual does not show shims.
Somewhere in the murky past (35 years ago) I converted an old ford bronco to a leaf spring front end. I seem to remember measuring caster in degrees with a magnetic degree finder stuck to the back of the pinion yoke for the U joint before I welded on the new spring perches. Can I use the same method to find my caster angle on my Binder and also what is the correct degree setting for my axle. While I am getting the new springs in I feel the truck would handle its best if I get this dialed in at the same time.
Somewhere in the murky past (35 years ago) I converted an old ford bronco to a leaf spring front end. I seem to remember measuring caster in degrees with a magnetic degree finder stuck to the back of the pinion yoke for the U joint before I welded on the new spring perches. Can I use the same method to find my caster angle on my Binder and also what is the correct degree setting for my axle. While I am getting the new springs in I feel the truck would handle its best if I get this dialed in at the same time.