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Breaking Habits · May 8, 2015

Morgan, I always replace the track rod joint with the upgraded one Dave makes and it completely kills death wobble. It's amazing how much it plays a part in it, at least from my experience. Fwiw, I have 3 trucks running ala's with the joints flawlessly

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · May 8, 2015

We just did an OUO track rod joint, ala's and traction bars on 50shooter's truck. It had the same death wobble.... Completely cured it and not only that it seems the ride and drive WAY better than stock.

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WhiteMamba_Scorpion · May 8, 2015

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto said:
We just did an OUO track rod joint, ala's and traction bars on 50shooter's truck. It had the same death wobble.... Completely cured it and not only that it seems the ride and drive WAY better than stock.

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Glad I have the exact same setup on mine!

MorganY · May 8, 2015

Jared @ River City Diesel said:
Morgan, I always replace the track rod joint with the upgraded one Dave makes and it completely kills death wobble. It's amazing how much it plays a part in it, at least from my experience. Fwiw, I have 3 trucks running ala's with the joints flawlessly

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto said:
We just did an OUO track rod joint, ala's and traction bars on 50shooter's truck. It had the same death wobble.... Completely cured it and not only that it seems the ride and drive WAY better than stock.

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WhiteMamba_Scorpion said:
Glad I have the exact same setup on mine!

It has the icon adjustable on it right now, still need to move to the OUO unit?

What about dual stabilizers, do you all have those as well?

Breaking Habits · May 8, 2015

MorganY said:
It has the icon adjustable on it right now, still need to move to the OUO unit?

What about dual stabilizers, do you all have those as well?

No brother.

This is the joint that presses into the Dana 60 where the track rod connects to it.

Spatel23 · May 8, 2015

post a pic please

Breaking Habits · May 8, 2015

I would have already if I wasn't in Denver.. Let me see what I have on my laptop.

Breaking Habits · May 8, 2015

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MorganY · May 8, 2015

Jared @ River City Diesel said:
No brother.

This is the joint that presses into the Dana 60 where the track rod connects to it.

I'm familiar with the kit. Just wanted to make sure you knew he wasn't running a drop bracket style setup, it is a fully adjustable unit, if that made a difference.

CMCx2012 · May 11, 2015

Any updates Gary? How you liking the new setup??

bigrpowr · May 11, 2015

CMCx2012 said:
Any updates Gary? How you liking the new setup??

hes busy doing burnouts.

CMCx2012 · May 11, 2015

LMAO!!!!!

Squat and Poot · May 11, 2015

gfulton said:
I'm picking the truck up friday at noon, if you are around I'd be happy to let you drive it.....Just PM me and we can meet somewhere...

just saw this, will do when I come back to town

gfulton · May 12, 2015

bigrpowr said:
hes busy doing burnouts.

Have not picked the truck up yet. Have to replace the track bar.........

CMCx2012 · May 12, 2015

DAMN!

WHY NOT · May 12, 2015

When I put the ALA's on my truck I had them adjusted and aligned the first time to about 5.5* of caster and I didn't care for how it drove. Seemed to be all over the road and dart with any little movement of the wheel. I had the truck realigned and I am actually running less caster than stock at the moment. I think in the area of 1* and it doesn't drive bad. Best part about ALA's is they are adjustable set them how you like how the truck drives. I plan on adding caster a little at a time and seeing how the truck drives each time to get it exactly where I like it.

jcain · May 12, 2015

After dozens of adjustments, I decided 3.2*caster was best for my set-up.

CMCx2012 · May 14, 2015

Good info on the fitment and necessary adjustments.

MorganY · May 16, 2015

Sorry I haven't updated the thread in awhile. I have been busy with a conference, and my full time job. Parts came in Thursday. Got everything straightened up (literally). The icon track rod adjusting sleeve was the issue. No matter how tight I got the sleeve, there was too much corrosion and slack in the threads to keep the rod from moving. Before I changed the entire rod, I ended up putting a 1" weld on the sleeve/track rod to verify the fix (which it did correct the problem). I figured it was worth a try, because I was still putting the new one on regardless.

https://youtu.be/Fn_mYVm95ns

Problem ^

Fixed

https://youtu.be/sxEyXEczOA0

As far as the castor adjustments, Gary's is just north of +4°. Anymore castor on his truck and the driveshaft will bind. I ended up playing with castor from 2° through 4.3°. 2, 2.5, and 3.3 felt more harsh than where it is at now.