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Old 03-13-2009, 01:26 AM
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having a alignment nightmare please help, back to the shop tomorrow

Alright so I have a 2.5" hell bent spacer on the front went last aug to get it aligned at just tires. rode like **** and chopped brand new tires switched lanes on itself. also it's a \2wd

On tuesday before leaving for the beach had it done again at a truck shop does nothing but trucks guy corrected my cross camber down. Even though he fixed it it still pull to the right sometimes worse than other

The steering wheel itself will automatically turn to the right when i let it go and start to pull the vehicle right. Going back at 3:30 tomorrow I have no idea what to tell them and they dont know what to do but they said they will fit me into a packed schedule tomorrow and try and help me

Please help I'm about to go back to school for a few months AND TIRES COST TOO DAMN MUCH
 

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Old 03-13-2009, 06:44 AM
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find a guy that does it by hand, no computers. I tried 3 different places after i got my leveling kit and 33's put on and all 3 tried using the computer and i would have the same problem as you. I found a guy that did it by hand (chalk and ruler) charged me 50 bucks and havent had a problem since
 
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Old 03-13-2009, 07:28 AM
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Rotate your tires and see what happens. A hard pull is usualllly a bad tire of your toe is WAY out
 
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Old 03-13-2009, 08:16 AM
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Shocker, do you have just the 2.5" level kit or did you put on the 4x4 shocks as well?
 
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Old 03-13-2009, 10:02 AM
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If i get the 285/65/18 bfg at with out leveing kit i shouldnt have this issues you guys are talking about right?
 
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Old 03-13-2009, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by c1t1d1
If i get the 285/65/18 bfg at with out leveing kit i shouldnt have this issues you guys are talking about right?
you shouldnt have any issues at all even with a leveling kit
 
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Old 03-13-2009, 12:40 PM
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All I have is just a level

now I have not rotated my tires since I got this new alignment so it's still on the old wear pattern

how should i rotate them? cross/ straight back tell me. I'll try that and see how it works
 
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Old 03-13-2009, 12:43 PM
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I really DO NOT LIKE the hell bent steel spacer because you have to rotate the whole shock/ coil assembly 180 to match the holes and get it work. thats how they designed it.

I'm going to a autospring 2.5" next time i am home

I am going to swap the fronts side to side and run it see how bad the pull is still
 

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Old 03-13-2009, 01:21 PM
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make sure that it pulls on flat roads, when I jacked mine up it pulled alot more on the crowned roads than when it was stock
 
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Old 03-13-2009, 01:27 PM
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I drive up and down I95 this week going/ coming from the beach and changed lanes all day

could just be the tires who knows
 



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