So i went to align my truck today after replacing a bent inner tie rod on the right hand side (04 tacoma, 5spd R150F and 5VZ-FE) and despite my furthest adjustments i was not able to atain more then .04 caster. It seems that there is another part bent somewhere pushing the top of the shock towards a more negative caster angle. My question is does anybody have any other experience with items bending in non-obvious ways up there? My first thought was to scrutinize the bushings on the UCA to see if the front one is squashed at all. I will do that tommorrow when its light, though since there is no longitudinal play in the UCA i dont think thats the issue. also tested ball joints which are both fine.

 

cmon people wheres all those alignment rack junkies when i need them?