ive got a 5/7 and yes the alignment will straighten it up if u can pull up on the rack...ive never had pinion angle problems

 

yupp the only prob I had was finding a rack I could get my truck onto with 5" my spring perches and part of the frame barely cleared, had to use some boards to cut down on the angle to get er on

 

thats how i have to jack mine up lol...roll over a couple boards then jack it up lol

 

The other problem with the alignment will be finding a shop that wants to do it, alot of the shops will turn you away just cause you are lowered. Luckily I have a shop close by where the alignment tech himself owns a lowered fullsize and knows alot about bags and stuff so he always does it for me and my buddies.

As for the pinion angle, you shouldn't have problems with it being a reg cab, but you never know til after you do it. Check the pinion angle before and after and see how much it changes, if any.

 

i needto get mine aligned i hope ican find somebody to do it for me

 

on my 5/6 94 s10 i've never had alignment issues only problem i've had was keeping my 255/40/17's in balance the fronts are pains to keep balanced and yes im running a 255/40/17 all around

 

The only problem the shop here had when i took my truck in for allignment after the 4.5/6 was getting the truck up on the hoist!
They can get it pretty damn close to factory tho, nothing to worry about there

 

i'm lower'd 5" up front, and I did my own alignment in my driveway and the truck drives strait as an arrow and no tire wear so it's gotta be dead on or close enough, so i'm sure a shop can do it

 

ok listen to me when i say this.....find a shop that uses a pit instead of a lift or hoist. If you can find a shop with a pit they'll do it no problem. My 5/6 is at factory alignment right now actually, well it was when i got it it's probably off now since it's been 10months or so. Anyways, call around and ask if places have a pit. 9/10 a shop won't do it because it's to low and if u ask to use 2x4's they'll say no. The other thing you can do is take off ur valence and rear bumper so you don't hit them if you can't find a pit.

 

No shops around here use a pit for anything cept changing oil :haha: And even those places have the rails on the side that prevent lowered trucks from clearing.

 

No shops around here use a pit for anything cept changing oil :haha: And even those places have the rails on the side that prevent lowered trucks from clearing.

*cough* redneck area *cough* there is a custom front end shop that does loads of shit that uses a pic. so easy and simple for meeeeeeee

 

If the shop was smart they would have made ramps to get lowered cars and trucks up the rack. There's a lot of money to be made on lowered car alignments because they can take a long time. A while ago my dad and i made ramps out of 2x6's for the rack in our shop. We pretty much just stacked them on top of each other after cutting 45's on the ends and nailed them together. Now we can get anything on the rack. It only took about a half an hour too.

 

i'm lower'd 5" up front, and I did my own alignment in my driveway and the truck drives strait as an arrow and no tire wear so it's gotta be dead on or close enough, so i'm sure a shop can do it

I serously doubt u got the alignment within specs in your driveway unless u are the most luckiest person in the world cause its damn hard to get it close even with the machine.

 

I found shop just down the road from me. They have ramps and only charging 55 or 75 bucks depending how long it takes. Is that a good price? :dunno: I think that it is b/c the last shop charged me $90 for just a two inch drop on my 90xcab.

 

I agree, you may have gotten the truck to go straight but the angles are probably just counteracting each other. I just spent 6 hours trying to get my alignment right with our machine. Our trucks are a bitch to align. That being said, that's a pretty good price. My dad charges 54.95 in general but if it took 6 hours like mine did it would be over 100 and we would still lose money.

 

I agree, you may have gotten the truck to go straight but the angles are probably just counteracting each other. I just spent 6 hours trying to get my alignment right with our machine. Our trucks are a bitch to align. That being said, that's a pretty good price. My dad charges 54.95 in general but if it took 6 hours like mine did it would be over 100 and we would still lose money.

Damn 6 hours to do an alignment. S10s arn't that hard. Just remove or add shims for camber and caster and then setting the toe on the tierod.

But an old saying is "set the toe and let it go"

 

Damn 6 hours to do an alignment. S10s arn't that hard. Just remove or add shims for camber and caster and then setting the toe on the tierod.

But an old saying is "set the toe and let it go"

Well, it happened to be the first alignment i did myself. And my truck was incredibly screwed up. I've never seen a car that far out of alignment. Plus i wanted the anles perfect. I was probably done after a couple hours but im a perfectionist.

 

Well, it happened to be the first alignment i did myself. And my truck was incredibly screwed up. I've never seen a car that far out of alignment. Plus i wanted the anles perfect. I was probably done after a couple hours but im a perfectionist.

Yea i guess it could take a couple hours but still not that difficult. But big props for u though for doing it yourself at such a young age. But if u thought your truck was difficult stay away from mini vans and trying to set caster if they have struts on those bitches. Damn near impossible.

 

Yea i guess it could take a couple hours but still not that difficult. But big props for u though for doing it yourself at such a young age. But if u thought your truck was difficult stay away from mini vans and trying to set caster if they have struts on those bitches. Damn near impossible.

My dad owns the shop and im trying to learn as fast as possible. I can do pretty much everything else. I just dont have a lot of experience with alignments cause we dont do a lot of them.

 

My dad owns the shop and im trying to learn as fast as possible. I can do pretty much everything else. I just dont have a lot of experience with alignments cause we dont do a lot of them.

Which setup do yall have. Here at the dealership and school we have I think the second newest equipment from a company that I can't remember the name of.lol But the guy that does all the alignments here said it took him years to learn it all before he got really good at it. He does them in about 30 minutes.

 

Which setup do yall have. Here at the dealership and school we have I think the second newest equipment from a company that I can't remember the name of.lol But the guy that does all the alignments here said it took him years to learn it all before he got really good at it. He does them in about 30 minutes.

There's no way that includes hooking up the machine unless that's just a toe and go. Some cars are much easier than others though. At my shop we have a hunter from like 95 or something. Old school string style. It still works great though. At school we have a newer laser style hunter. Both are pretty good machines. It takes a little experience to get shims right on the first try. However cars with eccentrics are usually very easy.

 

There's no way that includes hooking up the machine unless that's just a toe and go. Some cars are much easier than others though. At my shop we have a hunter from like 95 or something. Old school string style. It still works great though. At school we have a newer laser style hunter. Both are pretty good machines. It takes a little experience to get shims right on the first try. However cars with eccentrics are usually very easy.

Most of the cars he does are in specs. which he does really quick. Thats the caster sweep, putting the heads on the wheels, compinsating them, and all the other bs stuff. He is super quick. At the school and the dealer we have the laser hunter machine. Supposed to be a new one out that uses strobe lights but I have never seen it.