Situation where truck is pulling to the right some. Tires equal tread and 38 psi. Greased four zerks on the tie rods, still problem persists

But I noticed when I lifted the front with my floor jack the wheels sagged inward a considerable amount - is this normal?

 

Take it in and get it aligned if possible. Around where I live it’s $80-100. My alignment is way off so I couldn’t tell you if that’s normal. But I’m taking it for tires and alignment Tuesday so if I don’t need ball joints I’ll update you if it should have that camber. Personally I don’t think that camber is normal, but I may be wrong.

 

Where did you jack it up from?

 

There is a solid crossmember just in front of the beams, tie rods

--\____/-- somewhat shaped like this and I jacked from the middle of it - bottom of both wheels/tires tilted toward the center when lifted off the ground; this is a part of the frame, no?

driver side of this can be seen here

 

My old F150 does the same thing when jacked up. It settles back immediately by the time the truck hits the streets. I would still have the front end inspected for any loose worn out components.
Most vehicle pulls are caused by tires.You can't judge the tires by their appearance only. I would rotate them and see if the pull to the right persists.I doubt that it is alignment. It takes an awful lot to knock those front ends out of alignment.

 

They are set up to pull slight right at the factory
That way, if you fall asleep, you will not veer off the road to the left and head-on someone
Truck just needs a slight caster adjustment IMO
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Tires pull sometimes, you could swap the fronts left to right and see if it pulls right

 

I'm not one to argue on line, but I don't believe vehicles are set up to pull slightly right at the factory. Tire wear and in some cases loss of traction would result. How would this slight pull ever be quantified?

 

Maybe not on purpose
but
I bet our factory rep 5 bucks a piece for the new trucks on our lot that did not pull right
And he would give me 10 bucks each for the ones that did
He passed on taking the bet
It was he who told me they, (Ford) would rather have vehicles pull right than left
I saw it on them all, Mustangs, Crown Vics, Taurus, Probe, Escort, Thunderbird, all Fords for ever
Some get a bit squirrely when you set them up to go straight anyway
They gave me 5 seconds to change a lane at 55 mph
If less than that I would align the vehicle and fix it

 

I don't buy into your theory.

 

Yeah, if you jack from the frame or its cross-members, then the wheels will angle outwards since the beam's pivot point is towards the middle of the truck. As for the pulling, like everybody else said, just go in for an alignment. Firestone offers a lifetime alignment for close to $200 bucks, so its worth it if you plan on keeping your truck long term, and if you trust the competence of your local Firestone. I've got it for my '89 since its my daily driver, so I just have them throw in an alignment every couple years when I'm in for state inspection.