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Old 09-13-2009, 12:46 AM
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Truck Alignment(?)

So my truck has thrown a new symptom at me. I live in Spokane ad the roads have a decent crown to them, and with even the slightest tilt to the road my truck with track down the slope and I have to turn into it. My steering isn't loose, and if the road is flat my truck drives straight as an arrow. Would it be bad alignment, or does anyone have any ideas how to fix it?
 
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Old 09-13-2009, 01:05 AM
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If the road is crowned your truck heads down the slope?
If the road is flat your truck drives straight?
If I am reading this correctly, it sounds like the alignment is perfect.
 
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Old 09-13-2009, 06:24 AM
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Have the toe adjustment set to toe in more this works prety good when i alin. osb's
 
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Old 09-13-2009, 08:14 AM
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If the alignment is good, it will track down the slope, and you have to turn in.
 
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Old 09-13-2009, 08:37 AM
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The road is crowned, but I've driven several trucks on these roads and never had to turn in as much as I do now. I guess I'll check the toe in and go from there.
 
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Old 09-15-2009, 05:43 PM
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Just throwing this out there:

If the caster setting on your front axle is excessively high, the truck would tend to drift sideways down the crown more so than if the caster was in spec. I don't know what kind of lift/susp. mods you've done to the front end, but when I lifted my truck, the front end caster increased noticeably. I have the TTB D50 and the lift composed of drop pivot brackets for the inboard sides of the split axle, and new springs. Just a thought that popped in my head driving down the highway today...
 
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Erik, your truck looks like mine.
 
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Old 09-15-2009, 06:20 PM
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Nice! They're beauties
 
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