Pulling to the right - oooops
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Pulling to the right - oooops
Truck was driving perfect, got a small 3.5" lift, still drove perfect.
After the truck came back from the lift guy, truck drove perfect, but steering wheel was off center. Because of the lift I assume.
Took it to an alignment place, told them to do an alignment, and adjust the bar so the steering wheel was centered.
Now, the steering wheel is centered, but it pulls slightly to the right.
They said it didn't even need an alignment, and everything looks good, and tight.
Soooo...
If the front end is all tight, and it WAS driving perfect, what do I need to do?
Does the steering link shock absorber need a spacer?
Is the steering shock absorber a culpret? Does it have a spring in that thing, or not?
Only after adjusting the steering wheel position, does it pull to the right, it did not pull at all before.
After the truck came back from the lift guy, truck drove perfect, but steering wheel was off center. Because of the lift I assume.
Took it to an alignment place, told them to do an alignment, and adjust the bar so the steering wheel was centered.
Now, the steering wheel is centered, but it pulls slightly to the right.
They said it didn't even need an alignment, and everything looks good, and tight.
Soooo...
If the front end is all tight, and it WAS driving perfect, what do I need to do?
Does the steering link shock absorber need a spacer?
Is the steering shock absorber a culpret? Does it have a spring in that thing, or not?
Only after adjusting the steering wheel position, does it pull to the right, it did not pull at all before.
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The steering damper exerts no spring pressure, it just dampens motion. Sounds to me like your caster is off which is causing your truck to pull with the road crown. Lots of alignment shops have trouble getting the caster right, and if your radius arm brackets weren't lowered where they hit the frame your caster was affected by your lift.
That's where I'd start.
That's where I'd start.
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The steering damper exerts no spring pressure, it just dampens motion. Sounds to me like your caster is off which is causing your truck to pull with the road crown. Lots of alignment shops have trouble getting the caster right, and if your radius arm brackets weren't lowered where they hit the frame your caster was affected by your lift.
That's where I'd start.
That's where I'd start.
How then was it 100% fine, until they adjusted the steering?
Seems to me it has to be something in either the tie bar, stabilizer, or steering box ???
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How is your steering gear or stabilizer going to care if the wheels are in alignment? Unless your track bar is adjustable there's nothing they could do to alter it.
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I really don't know. To be clear, they didn't need to change anything on the front end, they said it was perfect, so nothing was adjusted other than whatever they did to adjust the steering wheel position, which I assume would be adjusting the steering link?
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Nope. Proper caster is all that exists to return the steering wheel to center. To straighten the wheel they'd just adjust the drag link at the adjustment sleeve; that's also not going to have anything to do with pulling to the right.
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Awwww crap
So even though they said they didn't have to touch anything, they obviously touched something, and now it's all out of whack ?!
Now what should I do if the alignment shop says it's pulling because of the steering box?
Seems they work on these types of trucks steady, so whatever's wrong must not be a normal issue, or else they are "brain farting".
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The only way that's possible is if the spool valve in the gear has failed. If that's the case it would pull constantly whether or not you're going down the road. To rule this out jack the front end up and start the engine. If the wheel doesn't turn on its own your gear is fine.
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