Help Alignment problems
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Help Alignment problems
I have had my 2002 F350 CC 4x4 in the shop because it would pull / drift to the right. They have replaced all the front-end parts except the steering stabilizer. The truck has a 6" lift with 35' BFG AT, Edge adjustable pan-rod bar and DR shocks. I drove the truck again today and it is drifting the same as it was before all the work was done. They are still trying to figure out way it is pulling. The rear is out .04 degree’s, which I think is OK. The front is reading out on 0, which I believe is OK. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Bob
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Bob
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have the brakes been checked out? a caliper hanging up may cause the pulling, or mabey something else is binding up the axle on one side, bearing or something???
i'm just thowing out some possibilites, i'm not sure what it could be
i'm just thowing out some possibilites, i'm not sure what it could be
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switch your tires side to side in the front. i do alignments (among a million other things) for a living and many times i get a perfect alignment that still pull/drift and a switch of the tires will fix it. the tires aren't bad or have broken belt in them but for somereason they just make the truck drift one way or the other. if you can get a print out from the alignment shop and post the measurements. that will tell me alot.
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I will get the print out tomorrow and post. I no they switch front to back don’t think they went side to side. Is that ok to do with the steel belts? I now back in the day it was a no no a. Thanks for the info
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Bob
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it won't hurt anythign to switch side to side. rotating from front to rear should be ok but for good measure switch the fronts side to side just to rule it out.
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I recently had the same problem. I had new tires installed at Discount Tire about 6,000 miles ago and in the last couple of weeks noticed it pulling to the right. I switched the front tires side to side. It now drives better with only a slight pull to the left -at times. I am going back to Discount, this weekend, to have them checked out. I also noticed a start of some choppy wear -on the right tire outer edge of tread, but had no problems with the wear on the last set of tires (different brand). Truck drove fine before.
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