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New Problem
Hello guys -
Well I just put new tires on my truck and decided to have the front end aligned before hand. Turns out the ball joints and a few other pivot points/bars needed replacing so I had all that done.
Now, my truck has a lot of play in the wheel and wanders all over the place. Any ideas? I looked at the other forums and see others have similar complaints, but most are 4 x 4 and don't have any idea what is causing this. I liked the way it drove with the bad stuff......
Thanks,
Todd
Well I just put new tires on my truck and decided to have the front end aligned before hand. Turns out the ball joints and a few other pivot points/bars needed replacing so I had all that done.
Now, my truck has a lot of play in the wheel and wanders all over the place. Any ideas? I looked at the other forums and see others have similar complaints, but most are 4 x 4 and don't have any idea what is causing this. I liked the way it drove with the bad stuff......
Thanks,
Todd
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I'd guess that either fixing the slop in the front end allowed you to unmask the slop in the steering gear, or it needs an alignment. Assuming your shop did remember to align it I'd adjust the steering gear.
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Look under the truck at your drag link, pitman arm, ball joints, tie rods, etc. while someone turns the wheel oneway and then the the other way until the wheels start to move. If you don't see any play, then all you need to do is adjust youor steering gear as cookie said. If you do see play, take it back to the alignment shop, because they did not do something right.
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All of the above, but if the wandering continues, also be patient with new tires. They can go back and forth "over center" a little bit for the first few thousand miles until the rubber smooths out slightly.
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