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Old 12-09-2011, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by f150cam
my 96, iv never aligned mine myself. iv taken it to shops who straight up told me that they have dome them before and theirs nothing special you need. i needed new parts when i got mine leveled to realign it, only cost like 40 bucks for parts and 35 bucks in labor. iv spent the last year almost 2 years figuring out what i want, need and which lift i wanted to do on my truck, and non of the shops i went to never mentioned any special tools, parts, kits or just labor intensive things they needed to do on any of the setups i looked into, leveling-6" lift.
Yeah mines a 96 too. Idk what's up with the alignment it pulls to the right a bit. Idk how to tell if it's off or not
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Yeah mines a 96 too. Idk what's up with the alignment it pulls to the right a bit. Idk how to tell if it's off or not
lol yea mine gets pissy sometimes, some days i can be driving and let go of the wheel and it will stay straight for a mile. other days i let go and it will slowly go left or right. aslong as its not to bad its fine. our trucks are 16 years old and have a little play in them.
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I can turn my wheel probably 30° without it affecting the steering at all lol
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I can turn my wheel probably 30° without it affecting the steering at all lol
thats a prob lol, you should check into your steering gear box.
Old 12-10-2011, 02:59 AM
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thats a prob lol, you should check into your steering gear box.
I mean I have no problems with it. It cuts turns like a racecar. But whenever the wheels are straight I can rotate it about 15° either way before it starts turning. I don't think it's a problem just loose steering
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I mean I have no problems with it. It cuts turns like a racecar. But whenever the wheels are straight I can rotate it about 15° either way before it starts turning. I don't think it's a problem just loose steering
yea my ram 1500 does the same thing and i cant stand it. i hate always correcting which way my vehicle is going. my f150 either goes damn near straight or pulls very lightly to the left or right, the steering is still tight with no play.
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yea my ram 1500 does the same thing and i cant stand it. i hate always correcting which way my vehicle is going. my f150 either goes damn near straight or pulls very lightly to the left or right, the steering is still tight with no play.
Mine just has a little play in it. I don't think it has anything to do with alignment like my uncle claims. It can't make up it's mind which way it wants to swerve lol I thought it was right but I just let go of the wheel when I was drivin and it was bound determined to make me a Peterbuilts new hood ornament
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i know with my dodge the problem is the gear box. i gotta adjust it to take the play out. i just keep putting it off, hopefully now that im on winter break i can get some crap done with my trucks.
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Originally Posted by f150cam
i know with my dodge the problem is the gear box. i gotta adjust it to take the play out. i just keep putting it off, hopefully now that im on winter break i can get some crap done with my trucks.
The ram 1500 roofing truck we had, the steering was so bad you had to make constant 90 deg turns back and forth to keep the truck straight on the road every link, tie rods and the steering box was shot.



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