You solved your own question. 🤷🏻♂️ Set toe as close to zero as possible, or ever so slightly toed in. Next time get a printout of your alignment readings too.
Squealing noise after alignment
After I got my alignment, my 05 canyon started to squeal as if it was out of alignment. I checked the toe with toe plates and it had a toe out of 1in. This was over the span of 1 month and two alignments. I have installed re indexed torsion keys, 3in fabtech spindles, new Silverado inner tie rods, Moog outer tie rods, new steering rack. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mahalo!
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The alignment rack set my total toe to -0.01 but the truck would come out of alignment after having it zeroed. My question is why it’s doing this regardless of having everything else torqued to spec not why my tires are squealing.You solved your own question. 🤷🏻♂️ Set toe as close to zero as possible, or ever so slightly toed in. Next time get a printout of your alignment readings too.
I bet it is the alignment adjuster cams for the lower control arms. Just because it's torqued properly doesn't mean it can't move. They are sliding adjusters. Toyotas are notorious for having the same alignment cams move so much, it bends their retaining tabs. In our case those are pins, for them it's sheet metal tabs. I would recommend getting everything back into alignment. Before leaving the parking lot, mark all the adjuster cams with a paint marker to have a "zero" reference.The alignment rack set my total toe to -0.01 but the truck would come out of alignment after having it zeroed. My question is why it’s doing this regardless of having everything else torqued to spec not why my tires are squealing.
If it happens again, you can do a quick visual check underneath to see if those moved. If they did move, loosen up the bolt and get them back to your mark and you won't have to go back to someone everytime. You can add more torque at your own discretion, but don't go crazy or you risk snapping or stripping the bolt.
FYI, the torque on those bolts are 122 lb-ft for the fronts and 133 lb-ft for the rears. 114 lb-ft for both on 2wd. For reference, the 2nd gen bolts are 192 lb-ft. And they never move unless you hit something.
Jeez, 1" out! That's A LOT!After I got my alignment, my 05 canyon started to squeal as if it was out of alignment. I checked the toe with toe plates and it had a toe out of 1in. This was over the span of 1 month and two alignments. I have installed re indexed torsion keys, 3in fabtech spindles, new Silverado inner tie rods, Moog outer tie rods, new steering rack. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mahalo!
It seems just checking for anything loose you could find that.
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