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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 10:24 PM
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I just replaced the passenger side tie rod ends and now badly need an alignment. The steering wheel tilts to the right and if I straigten it, it pulls hard to the left. In the position it is sitting in it does seem to pull slightly to the right. Will an alignment fix this? or is there something else that will also need to be done?
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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FX4offroad
I just replaced the passenger side tie rod ends and now badly need an alignment. The steering wheel tilts to the right and if I straigten it, it pulls hard to the left. In the position it is sitting in it does seem to pull slightly to the right. Will an alignment fix this? or is there something else that will also need to be done?
Yes an alignment will fix that.

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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 03:00 PM
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Great, thanks!
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 03:27 PM
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Yes an alignment will fix that.

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I see you never worked the service desk, you should have sold him a rotation and balance also.
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 13Harleyfan
I see you never worked the service desk, you should have sold him a rotation and balance also.
I have never worked sales, mainly because I have a conscious.

But I am an alignment specialist.


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Old Aug 8, 2013 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 13Harleyfan
I see you never worked the service desk, you should have sold him a rotation and balance also.
I think I'll get that free when I buy my new tires, which is when I will be getting an alignment, so it wouldn't have done much for him.
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Old Aug 9, 2013 | 10:23 PM
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I don't want to start another thread, so im gonna post here. There is a light squeaking somewhere in my front suspension, or something related, along with a louder creaking sound when I am on rough roads at lower speeds. I notice the lighter squeak more at slightly higher speeds in potholes and on gravel. Earlier today, I heard a bit of a rattle too, but I think I may have figured out where that is coming from, but I don't know what the part is called, anything you could tell me about that would also be appreciated. I have WD-40'd just about everything I can think of.
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Old Aug 9, 2013 | 10:37 PM
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Sometimes I hear the creak when I make a hard turn at 10-20 mph too.
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Pop your hood latch from inside so that it is in the secondary position and try to replicate the noise, if it is gone then put some grease on the rubber hood stops on the radiator support.


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Old Aug 10, 2013 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Rnlcomp
Pop your hood latch from inside so that it is in the secondary position and try to replicate the noise, if it is gone then put some grease on the rubber hood stops on the radiator support.


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Which noise should this fix? I'll try it.
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