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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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soo....what did i break now?

so. the other day im comin out of my back yard and slam into a tree stump with my passenger side wheel. i ended up slicing a nice hole in my brand new tire. i ended up putting my spare on, which was 255/75. my regular tire was about an inch bigger(265/70), and my steering wheel had to be turned a little bit to the left in order for the truck to track straight. i figured it was because one tire was smaller then the other. put my new tire on today, and the wheel is still to the left. what could cause this? i was going about 20 mph when i hit the stump.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 11:41 PM
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The stump says you need to get down and see the world from it's point of view

And while you're down there... take a look at the steering linkage, and at the passenger-side knuckle.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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haha. well tomorrow the tree stump is about to get a taste of husqvarna power

and i guess ill take a look at that tomorrow. my buddy works at a shop and hes the only one working so i guess ill throw it up on the lift and take a look. thanks!
 
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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While nothing might be wrong with the linkages, I would recommend an alignment check. I caught air on a downtown street one day and came down hard on the passenger side. With the camber kit installed the force of the impact knocked it all out of whack!
 
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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so i took a look today. the lingage dosent look bent. but the ball joint thing on the linkage looks kinda messed up.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2010 | 08:21 AM
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yeah...outter tie rod ends are somewhat weak. those are usually the first to go in any front impact....unless you have a weak balljoint or something
 
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