Castor correction arms

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T15:48:07+0000

Hello all, odd question, how do I tell if it fitted with castor correction arms be it 3 or 6 degrees or standard ? Are they stamped? Mine has a 2” body lift and 2” shock and spring lift I’m told when I got it in July.
Drove my mates with 3degree arms and the drive is totally different. Feels planted more and less wandery on the roads.
Mine has no anti roll bars on (removed by previous owner) and the other one hasn’t either.
Tracking is good on mine and run BFG KO2’s 245/70/16
Other one runs 265 /75 / 16 discoverer sst’s

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

It’s a 96 D1 300tdi auto

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T15:57:08+0000

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T15:58:00+0000

lynall · 2025-03-02T16:02:57+0000

Just look at the angle of the nose on that diff and then compare it to a standard height car.
Iirc the track rod barely misses the diff casing, so it looks like you need quite some correction.

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T16:06:47+0000

I need to find a standard one that’s not been faffed with, find a bench mark. Thanks @lynall , if anyone here has one that can take a cheeky photo of, I’d appreciate it

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T16:08:16+0000

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T16:09:04+0000

quite a bit of space @lynall or is that bad??

lynall · 2025-03-02T17:16:30+0000

The black rod is the panhard rod, the rusty/dirty one is the drag link, the track rod is the one behind and under the diff that connects the front wheels together.
Do not forget the diff pinion bearing is splash fed, and it will not get much oil being that high an angle.
Are you sure they are standard front bushes in the arms?

lynall · 2025-03-02T17:19:26+0000

My 90, though it is a 200, see the track riod running through that black square lump under the diff? that is the factory fit track rod protector.
Though I am not sure why changing the angle of the axle would change the track rod clearance as they are pretty much fixed in relation to each other, no matter what is done with the axle?

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T17:28:50+0000

lynall said:
The black rod is the panhard rod, the rusty/dirty one is the drag link, the track rod is the one behind and under the diff that connects the front wheels together.
Do not forget the diff pinion bearing is splash fed, and it will not get much oil being that high an angle.
Are you sure they are standard front bushes in the arms?

As far as I am aware @lynall they are poly bushes and standard. All of this was fitted to it when I bought it, and it’s only after driving another I realised how bad mine was on the roads, never knew any different.

lynall · 2025-03-02T17:44:04+0000

Mickob71 said:
As far as I am aware @lynall they are poly bushes and standard. All of this was fitted to it when I bought it, and it’s only after driving another I realised how bad mine was on the roads, never knew any different.

Sorry by standard I meant not the angle correction bushes you can get.

Mickob71 · 2025-03-02T18:05:23+0000

lynall said:
Sorry by standard I meant not the angle correction bushes you can get.

Yes, those are standard poly bushes. Im going to meet up with my mate this week and get under his and take some photos and compare angles, see what his is like at 3 degrees. May get an idea then. Something a clearly amiss

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