Caster Adjustment on Dana 44?

[88GW]

After putting on longer shackles on the front(from new style GM) it seems that the steering is a little whacky. I was wondering if there is caster adjustment on it from the factory or do I have to put in adjsutment sleeves and how much and where can I get them?

[River Beast]

Do a search on Spindle shims..... and upper balljoint adjustment sleeves....

you can get 1.5 degrees of correction from the upper balljoint sleeves....

nevermind..... here's the link...

http://www.ifsja.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=005036

[Brown Bear]

I thought caster on the jeeps was set at factory and nonchangable?

[Bob Barry]

It was set at the factory. There are aftermarket solutions for adjusting it (slightly).

[Brown Bear]

OH, so kinda BFH it, eh?? Me likey :D

[88GW]

So do you think with four inch springs and the chevy shackles up front I will need to use those adjusters and how much adjustment?

[xtapa]

Are you sure you're not suffering from some bumpsteer?

[River Beast]

I was just going ask about bumpsteer.... you runnin a 4"drop pitman arm or stocker?

[88GW]

I have a dropped pitman arm on it. It just seems real sloppy, play in the wheel after tyhe shackles were installed. I already replaced steering box, steering shaft and all other associated front end parts, including ball joints and steering stabilizer. It probably needs a good alignment but was wondering if the caster could be off from the shackles. Any ideas??

[River Beast]

Shackles will change the geometry a bit, but not that much... I ran 3 degrees up on the pinions AND GM shackles and tracked GREAT!!!!

how about tierod ends?