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Old 11-12-2014, 04:56 PM
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Hey guys lately I've noticed that I'm getting some wheel squeal in turns and was wondering if anyone could give me a reason as to why. There might be an obvious answer but I can't think of anything right now lol. The details are that in turns at slow speeds, from a dead stop or just starting out, I get it and also at higher speeds on slight turns I get it too. As far as speed goes yes I am going the limit or less and wouldn't expect this to happen under the conditions and never had this issue before. Other things are my tires, Goodyear wrangler at/s, are about 5 years old with about 4/32 of tread left-getting low but some life left. Another thing is I replaced my idler arm a few months ago and did not get an alignment afterwards because the alignment seemed ok and still does. Truck info is in sig but truck does have a 3.55 LS rear. So let me know what ideas you have thanks.

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Your "toe in" is off (tires are toed out and it gets worse in turns due to the ackerman effect). Get an alignment.
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I had this happen also. Turned out to be a piston in the brake caliper sticking a little.



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