Alignment After Leveling Coils

[ollie770]

Just added the Bilstein 5112 front leveling coils which I really like. Question is do I need an alignment? The steering wheel is a little off center to go straight but it was a little off before the leveling coils (truck has 34,*** miles). With the wheel at like 11 oclock it will run pretty straight. I did a bunch of reading and some say lift does not affect toe at all. Should I try adjusting the wheel to center and drive it or get an alignment done to Thurens specs? Not sure of a good alignment shop either (central Iowa) so nervous about having it screwed up.

 

[smithwessn]

Yes, it should be aligned.

 

[muddy12]

Looking at this on my phone and can’t see your profile. My response is based on the assumption that your truck is 4x4, and is newer than 2013 (only 34k miles), and has the radius arm suspension.

With the radius arm suspension, pretty much the only thing you changed by leveling, was the caster angle, and a slight sideways shift in the axle location under the truck. If the axle still looks centered side to side, and the steering still returns to center after you make a turn, I wouldn’t worry about it.

The only time I’ve seen to toe change on a solid axle due to lifting, was on a Jeep Wrangler that had an “inverted Y” steering linkage.
Centering the steering wheel should be a simple drag link adjustment.


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[Nickx86]

Yup, get it aligned, otherwise your going to track all funky and screw up a set of tires pretty quick. FYI your axle won’t be centered anymore either since you shifted the whole axle to one direction unless you got the adjustment track bar.

Definitely use those Thuren specs.