Recent content by pldwelle

Is this amount of caster harmful? Drives fine. No pull to one side, steers as it did before alignment.

What irks me is this shop only does alignments and has been in business for 20+ years, has great reviews, and recommended by my shop. As you said, now that I've done some more reading, likely didn't need ball joints at all. Did have "popping" sound under my feet on drivers side when under load...

.....and..." Key points about caster adjustment on a Ram 3500: Limited adjustment range: While some minor caster adjustments might be possible by slightly loosening and repositioning the upper control arm bolts, the range of adjustment is very small on a stock setup. "

Drives perfectly fine but just worried about component wear

55000 miles on it. One shop said it's common for ball joints to go early on these trucks. Took to another shop for replacement and they did it. After searching a bit for "castor not adjustable on 5th gen RAM" I get this info...not sure what to believe. "According to information from various...

I have a 4WD 3500 DRW that was showing considerable outside front tire wear. Took in for alignment check and was told front ball joints needed replacing which they said was causing wear and "chopping" tire wear pattern on front tires. Had ball joints replaced and alignment done at an alignment...