E 250 Van L6-300 4.9L VIN E 1-bbl (1982)
Alignment: Customer Interest
Steering - Drift/Pull
Article No. 85-19-15
STEERING - DRIFT/PULL CASTER SPLIT ADJUSTMENT
LIGHT TRUCK 1980-86 F250-350 4x2; 1976-86 E100-350
A side-to-side front wheel caster difference greater than 3/4 degree can contribute to a vehicle drift or pull in the direction of the side with less caster.
The service kit (E5TZ-3K064-A) can be used to increase the front wheel caster angle on either or both wheels to balance the caster split to correct a
vehicle drift/pull concern. The kit contains complete parts and instructions needed to modify the front radius arm and mount a metal cam on the bottom
flange of the radius arm. The kit can increase caster from 1/2 degree to 3 degrees, in 1/2 degree increments. It is not designed to decrease caster.
To increase front wheel caster angle of subject vehicles and/or to balance a caster split, the following procedure is suggested:
1.
Remove the radius arm from the vehicle as shown in Section 14-21 of the Reference Shop Manual and choose the appropriate paper template
applicable to the vehicle model.
Figure 8 - POSITIONING TEMPLATE TO LOWER FLANGE OF RADIUS ARM
2.
Locate the template (3B474) on the bottom flange of the radius arm. Refer to Figure 8 for a typical arm modification for the right hand radius arm.
One template per vehicle model is used to modify both the right and left hand radius arms. When modifying the right hand arm, position the
