Front suspension wheel play _ How much is allowable?

PreCog · #1 10-10-2009, 08:36 PM

I have an 05 FX4. Here lately the ride quality has gone down the toilet. If I ran over a penny I could feel it. I took it and had the tires balanced and rotated. I had an alignment done at the same time. The ride quality is still horrible but it doesnt pull to the right anymore.

I put the front end on jack stands and held each of the front tires at 3' and 6'. I pulled with one hand and pushed with the other. There was about an inch of horizontal back and forth play. There was no vertical play though.

I started looking around and noticed the ball joints moving some. I purchased this truck used with 65,xxx miles on it.

Is a small amount of horizontal movement in the wheels acceptable?

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Paralyzer · #2 10-10-2009, 09:05 PM

one of the first steps when doing an alighnment is the check the front end....id bring it back to whoever did the alighnment and get your money back, then fix the front end and get an alighnment SOMEWHERE ELSE!

PreCog · #3 10-10-2009, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paralyzer

one of the first steps when doing an alighnment is the check the front end....id bring it back to whoever did the alighnment and get your money back, then fix the front end and get an alighnment SOMEWHERE ELSE!

I appreciate the advice. I would like to go in and sound somewhat knowledgeable as to why I am demanding my money back. Based on your reply I'm assuming there shouldnt be any horizontal play in the wheels?