wheel bearings causing pull?
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Tuned
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wheel bearings causing pull?
My 93 F150 pulls to the left at any speed. When I hit the brakes it seems to increase the problem a little, but not bad. I am sure it is not my brakes as I have just replaced both front calipers and pads, and bled the system. The wheels seem to turn free and it has been aligned twice now and the shop said the second time it didn't need it. Tried swapping/rotating tires and that didn't do it. Tie rods and ball joints were replaced about 15K miles ago.
There's one thing though. I had repacked my wheel bearings about 10K ago (new seals too), and noticed that the left side bearings were a little pitted. Since they weren't making noise and the parts shop was 1.5 hours away at the time, I repacked them and put them back in. The other side was fine. Is it possible that the pitted bearings are causing more drag and making the truck pull to the left? If they were bad, I would hear noise from them right?
Thanks.
There's one thing though. I had repacked my wheel bearings about 10K ago (new seals too), and noticed that the left side bearings were a little pitted. Since they weren't making noise and the parts shop was 1.5 hours away at the time, I repacked them and put them back in. The other side was fine. Is it possible that the pitted bearings are causing more drag and making the truck pull to the left? If they were bad, I would hear noise from them right?
Thanks.
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Elkhart IN
well by all rights it could be causeing the pull. if it was i would think you would hear some sort of noise or vibration if it was the problem. you might check all the bushings for the ttb and radius arms as they could be worn and causeing the pull. when you had the alignment, were you in the truck when it was done? if your a taller, larger guy, it can really set the allignment off. just a thought.
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Joined: Sep 2003
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I just had the same problem. the guy at the shop remembered me from last week,
and said his equipment had not been calibrated in several months. He put my truck
on a different rack and sure enough it was off a little bit. they redid the allignment
no charge of course. seems ok now.
daajr
and said his equipment had not been calibrated in several months. He put my truck
on a different rack and sure enough it was off a little bit. they redid the allignment
no charge of course. seems ok now.
daajr
