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Old Apr 16, 2016 | 06:29 PM
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I recently installed Blistein 5100 adjustable shocks on the front and the non-adjustable ones on the rear. The truck drove fine but I noticed that the steering wheel was not perfectly straight as it was before the shock install, so I had an alignment done a few days later. Now the steering wheel is a bit more off center but the truck drives straight as an arrow even when I take my hand off the wheel. Should I worry about the steering wheel not being perfectly straight when the truck is traveling perfectly straight down the road?
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Old Apr 16, 2016 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Hendo
I recently installed Blistein 5100 adjustable shocks on the front and the non-adjustable ones on the rear. The truck drove fine but I noticed that the steering wheel was not perfectly straight as it was before the shock install, so I had an alignment done a few days later. Now the steering wheel is a bit more off center but the truck drives straight as an arrow even when I take my hand off the wheel. Should I worry about the steering wheel not being perfectly straight when the truck is traveling perfectly straight down the road?
I would take it back and make them correct it, that is part of a front end alignment.
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Old Apr 16, 2016 | 07:12 PM
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just curious what's it take to center the wheel on these trucks with EPAS? I gather it's not just adjusting a drag link like days of old?
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