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Old 05-30-2008, 11:42 AM
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Bad Pull

i have a 6 in procomp and 35's. Recently my truck has started to pull really bad to the right and i noticed the inside of my front tires are almost bare with only 13000 miles on the tires. Anyone know what the preoblem might be. im thinkin its the tie rods.
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 11:52 AM
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check your stabalizer end links... if they go it will mess up the camber and make the inside or the tire wear out!
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 12:22 PM
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Yep, your alignment is off. Something could have come loose or your may have hit something an knocked the alignment out.
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 01:10 PM
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I got a question related to this...I bought my lift/tires/wheels used..now the guys front tires were bald on the insides, so we put them as the rear tires.. do you think it was just something wrong with what he did?cause after i put the lift on we got it aligned and everything, i just dont want it to happen to the front tires we have on there now..

Sorry if i thread jacked a little
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 03:03 PM
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You should alway get a copy of the alignment numbers. You can check to see how close to specs you are. They might do an aligment, but it might not be in spec. I just had mine checked and it just makes factory specs. They suggested (after I noted the issue) that I get adjustable upper control arms to get a better alignment. The lower control arm is maxed on one side and just about on the other side. Have adjustment up top would solve the problem of inner tire wear. The fronts after a lift tend to sit like this / \ when they should be like | |
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 08:18 PM
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I agree. Also, after a new (or used) lift is installed, it is not uncommon for something to work loose. That is why most companies recommend all the bolt's torque be checked after a few hundred miles.
 
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Old 05-31-2008, 01:29 PM
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Yea i took it to the shop this mornin and it was the allignment. But it still pulls to the right but they said thats just because the tires or so uneven which makes sense.
 
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Old 05-31-2008, 01:55 PM
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Rotate them to the rear like we did
 
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Old 05-31-2008, 09:22 PM
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Maybe they mean the tires are so badly (unevenly) worn that they are pulling.
 
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Old 06-01-2008, 09:49 AM
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that not good I had the same problem with mine after I put the suspension lift on and got it alinged, about 4 weeks later the inside of the front tires were wore down about 1/4" more than the outside so I jacked the front up loosend the camber adjustment bolts and adjusted the upper A-arms out a little bit and it drives alot better now, before it would wonder all over the road but now it tracks strait so I guess its pretty close, I`m not sure how good it does me to get a good alingment because after I go through a 3-4ft ditch sideways I think the alingment is probably gone after that, what do yall think?

 
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Old 06-01-2008, 04:59 PM
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the guy said that if i rotated the front to the back, that my rear tires would blow out. Did they stop selln the bfg m/t in 35/1250/17. i need two new tires and cant find them anywhere?
 
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Old 06-01-2008, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by fordfanatic32
the guy said that if i rotated the front to the back, that my rear tires would blow out. Did they stop selln the bfg m/t in 35/1250/17. i need two new tires and cant find them anywhere?
ahh ****..im sitting on a ticking timebomb then
 
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Old 06-01-2008, 08:43 PM
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You and most of the free world. It's unreal what some so called professionals can come up with.
 



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