[DeTomaso] Caster on 5332

[Garth Rodericks]

<<< I recall hearing one time that the driver's side caster should be a bit less than the passengers to compensate for the crown on roads. >>>
Forget trying to set your alignment to be out of alignment to "compensate for the crown in the road."  That's just a lazy alignment shop's excuse for not being precise and setting it evenly.  And frankly, very few roads have that much crown. My alignment shop did that to my 66 Mustang and I found the car pulling to the left almost immediately after leaving. I went back and was fed the same line of bull about "compensating for the crown in the road." I also learned that the "specialist" had just gone to lunch and I'd need to leave the car for the rest of the day, so I went back out for another drive and couldn't find a road with enough crown to compensate, let alone any discernible crown at all.  They re-did it and set things right - now it steers straight regardless of whether I'm tooling down a neighborhood street or racing down the freeway.
Cheers!Garth
 
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   <<< I recall hearing one time that the driver's side caster should be a
   bit less than the passengers to compensate for the crown on roads. >>>
   Forget trying to set your alignment to be out of alignment to
   "compensate for the crown in the road."  That's just a lazy alignment
   shop's excuse for not being precise and setting it evenly.  And
   frankly, very few roads have that much crown. My alignment shop did
   that to my 66 Mustang and I found the car pulling to the left almost
   immediately after leaving. I went back and was fed the same line of
   bull about "compensating for the crown in the road." I also learned
   that the "specialist" had just gone to lunch and I'd need to leave the
   car for the rest of the day, so I went back out for another drive and
   couldn't find a road with enough crown to compensate, let alone any
   discernible crown at all.  They re-did it and set things right - now it
   steers straight regardless of whether I'm tooling down a neighborhood
   street or racing down the freeway.
   Cheers!
   Garth