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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 05:44 PM
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So over the winter I put in my 2.5" leveling kit in the front with 3" blocks in the back. Everything went in smooth with installing, but had a few bumps afterwards dealing with the 35" Trail Grapplers and rubbing. Finally got all the rubbing situation under control with the help of .25" spacers, but then I noticed the truck was pulling to the left. Last week I took the truck in to get aligned and an oil change. When I picked the truck up this past weekend, it still pulls to the left! It is a slight pull, but becomes more noticeable at highway speeds. Im running out of ideas of what could be causing this, and can't afford to keep asking different shops for alignments. Thanks for yalls help in advance.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 05:56 PM
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Did you get a print out showing angles and adjustments? Since there are not a lot of adjustments on your truck you can switch the front tires from side to side and see if that helps.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 06:58 PM
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What print outs are you talking about? This is the second alignment in the past 3 months. I originally had the new tires installed without any spacers and aligned then, but had it realigned after i installed the spacers myself. What do you mean by switch the front tires? Im willing to do anything to see if itll help solve the problem I just cant keep spending all that money on alignments when they appear to be doing nothing...
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 11:51 PM
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Generally when they do an alignment they can print you off a sheet showing the specs of what they had to change, ect.

I think by what he means as far as switch the tires is switch your two front tires around to see if it pulls to the other direction. If they are new tires I don't see that making a difference in the miles you would have put on them in the time you've had them though.
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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 11:58 AM
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i got some pictures showing the difference between left and right tires. For some reason the site wont let me upload the pics. If you look at the pics, the driver side tire sticks out about a quarter of an inch, while the passenger appears flush with the truck. I dont know what could cause this, I do have .25" spacers on all four wheels. It almost seems like the whole axel is shifted? Im not to sure whats goin on, but it pulls slightly to the left and the wheels appear shifted to the driver side.
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