Yet another wobble...no seriously!!
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Has been awhile, wait til' you see her now...not til' she drives me strait though. I cursed at her last night then felt bad this morning....after all I did it in the first place, so I apologized and agreed to pics when I get to take her back home across the bay bridge.
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I'm hoping for some crazy tire problem.... just weird that it would run fine for awhile, unless the cords/tires are heating up and acting different.
Hey STROKIN' sorry to here bout your engine woes...think Black Widow compounds. I've already factored in that cost when mine goes one day...thats what I told the old lady anyway.
Hey STROKIN' sorry to here bout your engine woes...think Black Widow compounds. I've already factored in that cost when mine goes one day...thats what I told the old lady anyway.
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Visually tire looks fine, I jacked it up and spun the tires and there's no noticable movement ant direction. I swaped tires front to back and still did the same thing... I dropped it off at my tire guys garage so he could check it out, he seems to think I need another stabalizer shock.
I planned to get one anyway but the stock one is new, and I can't imagine one shock taming this kind of "bucking"...it's un-real...completely un-drivable.
I planned to get one anyway but the stock one is new, and I can't imagine one shock taming this kind of "bucking"...it's un-real...completely un-drivable.
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Got it back last night, the "grade 8" track bar bolt that bolts to the mount was broken (acctualy missing) and the track bar was just hanging there in place, I didn't even look at it because I tourqed it twice, even though it was right in my face while swapping tires. I drove it around town alittle and seems ok. Still a small shimmy that would probably disappear with a dual shock set-up. And I may replace the track bar anyway with an adjustable one...until then she will tool around on this side of the Bay Bridge til' I feel comfortable enough to take her home...the neighbors gonna be so jealous.
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If you have a shimmy something else is wrong/loose, etc..
Dual steering stabilizers will minimize the feedback through the wheel from road imperfections.
While they may eliminate a shimmy (depending on how slight), essentially they are just masking the problem.
Dual steering stabilizers will minimize the feedback through the wheel from road imperfections.
While they may eliminate a shimmy (depending on how slight), essentially they are just masking the problem.
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Just a slight wiggle back and forth when running through ruts or smooth imperfection in the road, like it's always done but slightly amplified. Doesn't last long, and it feels real good on hard bumps or pot-holes, acctually better than it did before.
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If it's only on imperfections then yes a dual opposed setup using charged stabilizers (like the Icon setup) will help you out.
Wide tires like to try and follow road imperfections.
If everything's good it should track good on smooth roads.
I've let go of the wheel before at 90mph and my truck will go perfectly straight on a smooth road.
Wide tires like to try and follow road imperfections.
If everything's good it should track good on smooth roads.
I've let go of the wheel before at 90mph and my truck will go perfectly straight on a smooth road.
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