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Jan 30, 2008 | 04:59 PM

gjoey66

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Caster adjustment

ok...just did upper control arm ball joints and bushings...put the shims in like they were...now the caster is a bit off, well could have been due to the pothole that made me rebuild them...anyways, is there a way to fudge caster...or trial and error with the shims...?

Jan 30, 2008 | 05:41 PM

jag_genius

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RE: Caster adjustment

how far is the castrer off put up the numbers..

Jan 30, 2008 | 08:28 PM

gjoey66

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RE: Caster adjustment

Damn it...looked for the sheet for a while...i remember that the tech said it was only slightly off but that xk8's didn't have caster adjustment...i was considering going somewhere to have them balance it out with toe...but i'd rather see if someone knew of a way to game it a bit...sorry for the lack of numbers, just know it was slight and only a slight vear to the rightwhen driving...

Jan 31, 2008 | 06:27 AM

FactoryJaguarTech

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RE: Caster adjustment

If u have directional tires, swap the front left to right and see if it pulls the other way.
Noramally if you change upper control arms the caster shouldnt have changed if the shims were put in as they came out.
Let us no what kind of tires you have. And to answer your question, you can't really "fudge" the numbers on caster.