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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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new truck problem- alignment?

She's got 500 miles on her- all highway or city driving- NO off roading or hard driving. The thing drove BEAUTIFULLY for those first 470 miles, but this morning I noticed she's pulling to the right- whether accelerating or coasting. Also noticed some when I put the brakes on, but not as bad it seemed.
I'm at a loss right now, and a little teed off. Ya see, We also have a 97 Ranger that went out of alignment at 30,000 miles and we have NEVER been able to keep it aligned true. It stays in for a month or so, then we'll notice THAT truck pulling.

If this is a minor deal to fix, and not a prevalent problem, then no big deal... BUT I'm not gonna keep this truck if it's as bad as that ranger is. Anybody else had a problem with alignment or bad handling on their new F150?
Thanks in advance... and by the way- it's good to be here.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 12:57 PM
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Could be a couple things. I am one of those peole that cannot stand it when cars are out of alignment, guess it is a pet peeve of mine. Some things to think aot are this, how much is it pulling right? Most undivided highways are graded to the right , which will make you pull right. If you do a lot of your driving tere try pulling into the oncomming lane and ee if that makes a differance. Also check your tire pressure and make sure nothing on the right is low. After that have the alignment checked. May have just setttled a little bit while breaking in and just need to be strightened out. I have not had many many complaints about the alignment so hopefully this will be easially corrected.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 01:05 PM
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Check your air pressure
 
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 02:55 AM
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Well I checked the air pressure...all tires 35 PSI...Had 2 different ford dealers do an alignment and claim it was on spec. well it still pulled to the right...grrrrr So I took it back to the dealer I bought it from and had their service manager take it out the highway...He came back and told them to put it back on the machine...it was doing just what I told him it was...It took them 3 hours, I think some parts but I don't know what they really did ...just it was not set to ford spec. BUT it drives down the road perfect now the last 2 months...
 
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 07:23 AM
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The align. is most likely "in spec" but any good tech knows adjustments can be made to compansate for Road Crown. and still be within spec. There is a large margin for error.

Not a big deal. they will need to pull the left lower control arm (rear most) Bushing in some. then set the toe. thats what i did to mine.
 
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