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Old 05-05-2010, 06:45 AM
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Looking for alignment numbers both front and rear.

The car is a daily driver, so I don't need extreme camber or caster numbers. But this isn't my mom's Cadillac either.

I do my own alignments, so I have no numbers at all.
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Originally Posted by mitchntx
Looking for alignment numbers both front and rear.

The car is a daily driver, so I don't need extreme camber or caster numbers. But this isn't my mom's Cadillac either.


I do my own alignments, so I have no numbers at all.
Don't have any numbers for you....... But I know the next time I do an alignment I'm going to have them flatten out the rear wheels. Can't afford to keep replacing rear tires every 2 to 3000 miles... They wear so much on the inside edge I have to rotate them by 800 miles to get the edges reversed
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I just had mine aligned and my specs are;


Left Front-

Camber -o.7
Caster 5.2
Toe 0.09


Right Front

Camber -0.8
Caster 5.3
Toe 0.10


Left Rear

Camber -1.6
Toe
0.03


Right Rear

Camber -1.3
Toe 0.07

Rear Thrust angle -0.02



Hope this helps you.

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Here is the link for the alignment specs listed on cadillacfaq.com:

http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answers/alignment.html

Dreamin' posted them, he is very knowledgeable
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Thanks for the link OBC

Front Suspension
Camber -0.50°± 0.60°
Camber Cross Tolerance ± 0.60°
So the tolerance is more than the actual? I don't know about that ...


Originally Posted by skydiver
Don't have any numbers for you....... But I know the next time I do an alignment I'm going to have them flatten out the rear wheels. Can't afford to keep replacing rear tires every 2 to 3000 miles... They wear so much on the inside edge I have to rotate them by 800 miles to get the edges reversed
I can see why ... -1.5* is a LOT of rear camber.

Is all that negative camber because of the car being so tail happy?

I haven't looked close enough, but are the upper and lower control arms equal length? In other words, will the rear see camber gain as it loads the suspension?
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I should have added that my alignment was done by my Cadillac dealership.
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My rears lasted about 10k miles but even wear. My fronts lasted about 15k miles with plenty of tread left but running on the wires on the inner edge. The car has developed a shake when braking so as soon as I get a chance, I am getting an alignment.



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