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You could adjust your wheel to ride somewhere in a happy medium when loaded and unloaded if it bothers you, but when the front end goes up or down the position of the axle shifts slightly. Track bar is connected to the truck on the drivers side and down to the axle on the passenger side, so it pivots as the distance between the axle and the truck changes.
It seems to be fairly common on these trucks for some reason. It's an extremely easy fix, no lift necessary. The drag link has an adjustment collar on it that is used to correct this.
My 450 steering wheel was off to the right slightly right from the factory
once I hooked it up to a heavy trailer the wheel needing to be right of center is more pronounced
truck does not pull one way or another and it tracks straight
is that a simple alignment issue?
and does pretty much any alignment shop have the ability to align 450 wheels?
take it to ford for an alignment. It shouldn't be off.it should track just like your SRW. Alignments are free in the bumper to bumper.
Mine came from the factory with a bad alignment and ate the tires after 230 miles. Aligned, went back out aligned again, and new tires and has steered and drove just like a car till 18,500 miles. Unfortunately it's going to ford tomorrow for who knows how long for a, oil pan, check upper oil pan, trans reflash, and last week stupid ****i dump truck contractor Backed 77k into my front tire and pushed the truck back 1ft in the grass. Alignment seems slightly out so going to get that fixed, and have them check to see if any front end parts are damaged. Fortunately it only broke the fender off on the front bumper so a easy couple hundred dollar fix!
take it to ford for an alignment. It shouldn't be off.it should track just like your SRW. Alignments are free in the bumper to bumper.
Mine came from the factory with a bad alignment and ate the tires after 230 miles. Aligned, went back out aligned again, and new tires and has steered and drove just like a car till 18,500 miles. Unfortunately it's going to ford tomorrow for who knows how long for, oil pan, check upper oil pan, trans refresh, and last week damn dump truck contractor Backed 77k into my front tire and pushed the truck back 1ft in the grass. Alignment seems slightly out so going to get that fixed, and have them check to see if any front end parts are damaged. Fortunately it only broke the fender off on the front bumper so a easy couple hundred dollar fix!
yep, I told him I am getting it looked at and fixes right. You or your insurance. So he is covering anything wrong. It he was over 2" more it would have been a 30k plus repair. The thing was my truck was parked miles away from the site, he had no business being near it!
you should visit a heavy truck service dept. They will be the only ones to be able to put it on a rack that will fit the 450.
I think the track bar needs to be adjusted.
My understanding is that the track bar is not adjustable; it's just a ball joint, rod, and bushing. Unless the 450 has an adjustable track bar from the factory?
Took it to a local shop and was told it was just track bar adjustment.
Alignment was fine
$125 and a couple hours.
Wheel is straight now
Well worth not taking it to the Ford house due to distance alone.
I'm sure they just misspoke, but the track bar on these trucks is not adjustable. The drag link is what gets adjusted to straighten the steering wheel. That's about a 5 minute adjustment.
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