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Alignment Spec's

gjrock

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Does anyone have the specs for EB aligments. Caster and toe degrees? I have a 3.5 lift. I am not looking for the at home alignment. I am putting it on the alignment rack and need to know what the #'s should be. I have searched and can not find them. Our Hunter rack wont go bact to the early years.
 

statella43

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I am curious on this one also... I've seen info on the caster before but that was about it. Hopefully someone posts the specs it shouldn't be to long before mines ready to hot the rack.
 

DirtDonk

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What year is yours? Specs changed from year to year and used to be listed that way in the old Chilton's books. Don't have mine available at the moment (lost in one of the miles of piles in aisles) but if someone here has theirs, they should be able to find it.

You have power steering? You can get away with more positive caster than manual steering. Later full-size Broncos were in the neighborhood of 6° while EB's were more in the +2-4° range.
You'll probably want 7° C-bushings and still may not be near your target, depending upon year of Bronco and what mods have been done.

Camber is expected to be in the .5 to 1.25 degree (edit) positive area if I remember, but tires wear better with less. I like something between 0 and .5 (edit) positive.

Toe in I forget, but hard to go wrong with 1/8 inch or so. What size tires?
 

statella43

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Thanks for the info. Not to Jack your thread but mine is a 73 with 5.5" lift 35" tires and "Lars bars" long arm.
 

Master Chief

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The alignment specs are listed in the factory shop manuals, trouble is mine are 2000 miles away from me.

When I had mine aligned the shop had the same problem, I brought them my manual to load the specs into their computer.
 
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gjrock

gjrock

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I just found it in our Hunter software.
this is for a 72
These are all deg
camber 1.0-2.0
caster 2.8-4.3
toe .06-.19
cross camber -0.5 to 0.5
cross caster -0.5 to 0.5
total toe .12-.38
 

cougarmandan

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This is good info to have on hand. I am putting a 76 Front axle under my 68 and puttling a 2 inch lift and I was curious how I would need to change the alignment info.
 
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gjrock

gjrock

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1977
Camber 1.0-2.0
Caster 2.8-4.3
Toe .07-.25
1973-1976
Camber 1.0-2.0
Caster 2.8-4.3
Toe .06-.25
1966-1970
Camber 1.0-2.0
Caster 2.8-4.3
Toe .06-.19
 

Broncobowsher

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What about the '78/9 specs. since power steering was now standard the caster went up to help them drive better.
 
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gjrock

gjrock

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1971
Camber 1.0 to 2.0
Caster 1.8 to 3.3
Toe .00 to .25


1978
Camber 1.0 to 2.0
Caster 2.8 to 4.3
Toe .06 to 0.12
 
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Just summarize and put in order by year.

What year is yours? Specs changed from year to year and used to be listed that way in the old Chilton's books.

You have power steering? You can get away with more positive caster than manual steering. Later full-size Broncos were in the neighborhood of 6° while EB's were more in the +2-4° range.
You'll probably want 7° C-bushings and still may not be near your target, depending upon year of Bronco and what mods have been done.

Camber is expected to be in the .5 to 1.25 degree (edit) positive area if I remember, but tires wear better with less. I like something between 0 and .5 (edit) positive.

Toe in I forget, but hard to go wrong with 1/8 inch or so. What size tires?

These are all deg

1966-1970
Camber 1.0-2.0
Caster 2.8-4.3
Toe .06-.19

1971
Camber 1.0 to 2.0
Caster 1.8 to 3.3
Toe .00 to .25

1972
camber 1.0-2.0
caster 2.8-4.3
toe .06-.19
cross camber -0.5 to 0.5
cross caster -0.5 to 0.5
total toe .12-.38

1973-1976
Camber 1.0-2.0
Caster 2.8-4.3
Toe .06-.25

1977
Camber 1.0-2.0
Caster 2.8-4.3
Toe .07-.25
1973-1976
Camber 1.0-2.0
Caster 2.8-4.3
Toe .06-.25

1978
Camber 1.0 to 2.0
Caster 2.8 to 4.3
Toe .06 to 0.12
 
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DirtDonk

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Hey FJ, welcome to CB! Looks like you've been doing some digging around for info. Hope you're finding what you need.
Thanks for compressing the info for easier use.

Whatcha got in your corral?

Paul
 
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