Thanks GreatNorthWoods I just might do that after the high noon bell rings. LOL I just don't want this thing to run sideways down the road. Or ditch to ditch. LOL

 

When its all said and done if the truck goes down the road and pulls to the left (counterclockwise) then sipping domestic frosties might help to couteract it. If it pulls to the right (clockwise) then maybe you should try Austrailian (or any other south of the equator brewed beer) to counter the effects..............


....just a thought.........

Bobby

 

Just follow Bobby's advice once you get home. NOT while going down the road!

 

Thanks Brian I'll take note of that. LOL. bobbytnm will CORONA 6. work for both ways

 

LOL......

I'm not sure. Its too scary now-a-days to try. Like Brian said, I have to relegate my afternoons of sipping frosties to sitting in the truck in the garage making little vroom vroom noises instead of down the open road.

Bobby

 

Hey, I've done that. It's kinda fun....

 

I've done that so much my neighbors think I'm a little bit touched in the head. LOL But it keeps them away, LOL. That and my 50's 60's loud music. (I HATE CITY LIFE).

 

I hear ya! The worst part about it...........

.....no place to pee!!

You have to get all cleaned up, go inside the house, try not to upset the little woman or make any kind of mess.......ugh

Bobby

 

Ain't life grand. LOL

 

Hey Rusty, you could build it as a trailer queen, then nobody would know it went down the road sideways??LOLLOLLOLLOLLOL You know I'm kidding, trailer queens are kind of like building a new house and not living in it!! I just thought I'd chime in too, I wont recomend the frosty method, but mine could be just as good. There is a guy in my area, who has a trailer queen. He even trailers it to cruise ins!! Anyway he unloads it off the trailer, and pushes it to a parkin spot. I asked him if it even had pistons in it or was it just a mock up block made of plastic? He got real mad, he hasn't spoken to me since?? GO figure?

Good luck I hope you get it straightend up. On mine I had that problem, and I had already got it up and goin and a friend told me it was dogtracking. I measured it and it was 1/2" off from one side to another. I'd just replaced my rear springs with some later model ones, and had gotten something off. So I just slotted the hole in the spring perches, and shifted the rear end around on the tie bolt. after I got it right, then I welded the tie bolt to the spring perch. I'm planning on changin the frame eventually so I didn't care if it wasnt really the exact way to do it, and it did work. Hope you get it fixed!!

 

Thanks Truxx1956 Don't want no trailer queen for sure. I'll keep on redoin till I get it right or distroy it one or the other.

 

Well Rusty, I had the same problem. I set the jag under the frame, measured from the outside ends of the spindles, and had it in crooked. If your steering is not perfectly centered, the wheelbase will be off side to side. To correct this, I measured from the INSIDE of the spindle, which has much less swing when the wheels are turned. Since you can't drop down from the inside of the spindle, you'll have to measure forward about 6 inches from the spindle center, drop down from that, and measure back the same amount before making your mark on the floor. Make sure the steering is centered before doing this. Once you've got the subframe where you think it should be, try measuring from the front of the subframe to the front of the truck frame and see if it's square. I used the subframe to frame measurement as the final check since changing caster on the front end will slightly change the wheelbase.

 

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