CV angles

[Waaazooo]

My apologies. The search functionality on the Tapatalk got me some info but not much. Concerning CV angles I’ve read that the ribs on the boot shouldn’t rub. What exactly does this mean?

 

Scenario:

 

I had wheels and tire put on my 2500. The shop took my truck and lifted the nose as far up as they could to prevent rubbing on the front bumper. This didn’t work and now I think my CV joints are angled too steep.

 

So looking at the pictures the ribs look pretty close to each other. Is this the rubbing? Or do they get worse? Would a 7/8” spacer fix this?

 

Passenger outer boot

 

Passenger inner boot

 

Driver outer boot

 

Driver inner boot

 

 

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[Bhurt]

I will snap a couple pictures of mine tomorrow and see what they look like.  Now you have me curious....

[GTBensley]

Thinking of cranking my stock bars up just a little and am also curious. I only want 1-1.5 lift though 

[Waaazooo]

Thinking of cranking my stock bars up just a little and am also curious. I only want 1-1.5 lift though 

You’ll be fine. It’s The 3+” that you’re in a pinch


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[GTBensley]

Good to know, thank you. Any rough idea on how many turns on the stock setup 1.5" would be?

[Landkrshr17]

It's roughly 1/4" per turn

[sillywillie07]

I turned my bars up 3 turns. went to the dealer for an alignment,  they asked if i had a leveling kit installed?  They could not get it back into specs.  I told them what i did, they turned it back down 3 turns to get it to be within factor specs.  Im not so happy.

[Waaazooo]

I turned my bars up 3 turns. went to the dealer for an alignment,  they asked if i had a leveling kit installed?  They could not get it back into specs.  I told them what i did, they turned it back down 3 turns to get it to be within factor specs.  Im not so happy.

Makes me wonder what they are referring too. (I.e. toe, camber, caster). Camber is relatively worthless aslobg as your toe is zero’d out. The camber isn’t really adjustable either. I think they are running you through the ringer.


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[sillywillie07]

they were unable to get the camber adj.  toe was adjustable and is a wear item.  Camber is a wear item, and caster doesn't cause tire wear, but you can feel how this makes a difference.  How it goes over bumps at slow speed, and how steering wheel is self centering.  When i took the truck away the steering wheel was off to the right anyways! 

[Skeld]

I was told by someone, but I haven't been able to test the theory, that adding positive caster is good on these trucks when they are leveled.

[Waaazooo]

I was told by someone, but I haven't been able to test the theory, that adding positive caster is good on these trucks when they are leveled.

Usually positive camber causes instability. I’m not sure how this would be good.




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[Waaazooo]

they were unable to get the camber adj.  toe was adjustable and is a wear item.  Camber is a wear item, and caster doesn't cause tire wear, but you can feel how this makes a difference.  How it goes over bumps at slow speed, and how steering wheel is self centering.  When i took the truck away the steering wheel was off to the right anyways! 

Camber only causes excessive wear if you have negative toe in.


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[Skeld]

1 minute ago, Waaazooo said:

Usually positive camber causes instability. I’m not sure how this would be good.




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Sorry, screwed that up the first time.  I changed it now to caster which is what I originally meant to write.

[sillywillie07]

Its going back to see if they can fix it.  Im sick of people not being able to align cars and trucks

 

[Dirtbiker]

I cranked mine so that the front end was about 1 1/2 inches higher than stock. Took it to tire shop to be aligned. It had bad bump steer after that. So I took it to the dealer and they aligned it again. It has been great ever since with zero tire wear other than mileage wear. They never had trouble with it.......

But the alignment is important to the way it handles.