Hello, so i have a 2017 silverado z71 with a 3" motofab leveling kit, along with new motofab upper control arms for a better angle on the control arms. So i just dropped my differential and changed my CV axles because the boots blew out and took my truck in to get aligned. Unfortunately i wasn't the one who took my truck into the shop so I couldn't ask questions, but i looked at my sheet and the camber is bad. But I'm sure there's an explanation as to why they couldn't correct this. So what else could I do to try and fix this?

I'm also running 22x12 wheels on 33" tires. Any input would help! Thank you!

Laziness? What does MotoFab recommend the settings to be for caster and camber? I would not be happy with that alignment at all.

For example, the Zone 6.5 lift on the Sierra recommends caster at 3.3 degrees for both sides and camber at -.1 degrees for both sides.

Those new uppers should not have hindered the mechanic but am not familiar with them myself.

 

take a look at the cam plates on the UCAs and see if they are maxed out, thats usually why shops cant get it right.

3" level even with new UCAs and a diff drop are frowned upon.. its just too much.

 

3" level even with new UCAs and a diff drop are frowned upon.. its just too much.

What do you mean by too much? Too much what?

 

Too much everything. Lower ball joint angle is less than ideal, tie rod angle is whacked, cv angles suck, and depending on exactly what control arms, upper ball joint angles suck.

The 3" kits are over stretched levels. You need an actual crossmember drop for anything over 2.5". That gap between 2.5" and 4" is the grey area where no one makes a true lift for, yet companies will sell stretched leveling kits and try calling them a lift because they give you some thick washers for a diff drop, or you get a set up upper control arms.

The smallest true lift for these trucks is a 4". The 2wd trucks are a bit different since they obviously don't have the cv axles to worry about and can just use a new spindle to get mostly correct angles and still be at 3" of front lift.

 

So i think i found the problem. The factory plastic retainers are still on plates. I bet they were trying and it wasn't budging because of those retainers. Just pulled them off and returning to the shop another day.

 

If they are that inept that they didn't remove the plastic inserts, I would not be taking the truck back to them...

 

True but i already paid lol taking it back tomorrow to get fixed. I used this shop regularly for 10 years but it just recently changed into a Mavis, might have to look around for a new place.

 

Yeah makes sense. It looks like they just set the toe and called it good. The camber didn't really change at all

 

Thanks for the help though everyone! This is my first time owning a bigger truck (used to have a ford sport trac) and I'm quickly learning the joys and consequences of modifying it

 

Mavis may be good with software to teach you to type but I wouldn't trust them for front end alignments. I have not heard anything about them venturing into that.
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