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Old Jun 18, 2017 | 05:24 PM
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Welcome to the forum. I would bet on the toe in being wrong. Counting threads will only get you in the ball park unless the replacement parts are exactly the same as those removed. Go back over your rebuild procedure step by step making certain everything is tight. Is the drag link assembled correctly and are the screw ends at least flush with the ends of the link?
Set the front end between the wheels 1/8" closer than the rear. This is known as toe in and it has been discussed many times on this forum.
 
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Hi edjan, welcome to FTE the best Ford Truck Forum on the world wide Web! I can't help you with your wandering truck, but Ray is one of our most knowledgeable guys here. Others will be along also to help you.

But we should know what year and model truck you have. Show us some pictures too.
 
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Welcome to FTE! Yes, pictures.
I had a serious issue with death wobble that was a tie rod issue. When I replaced the tie rod and ends, I still had an issue. It turned out to be toe in like Ray suggested.
Here is the part of the thread where we start taking toe in and caster angle.
1955 Color Codes - Ford Paint Cross-Reference

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I found the problem. It was the Drag link, I replaced the old one with a new one and used the old inner items, but it still wandered. So I order the new
parts.
 
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