Why do I keep detroying idler arms?
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07-29-2009, 09:36 PM
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See I did not know that about the alignment. At the time when my tie rod went out and I got it fixed, the guy at mission auto told me that my steering wheel was off due to the bad tie rod end and my alignment. I did not know any better so I fixed it and went from there. My steering wheel now is perfectly straight while I am going straight, so I was basically restating what I was told.
your steering wheel was off do to the damaged part, which therefor your alignment was out of wack. Plus you were having to correct by steering to the left (or whichever way) just to go straight. This is a good way to tell something is incorrect even if its just a improperly centered steering wheel.
it gets you looking under the hood and through the steering (which is a good thing)
not saying you were wrong, just some times the steering wheel isnt centered.
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07-30-2009, 12:36 AM
nah man, its not really wrong info.
your steering wheel was off do to the damaged part, which therefor your alignment was out of wack. Plus you were having to correct by steering to the left (or whichever way) just to go straight. This is a good way to tell something is incorrect even if its just a improperly centered steering wheel.
it gets you looking under the hood and through the steering (which is a good thing)
not saying you were wrong, just some times the steering wheel isnt centered.
your steering wheel was off do to the damaged part, which therefor your alignment was out of wack. Plus you were having to correct by steering to the left (or whichever way) just to go straight. This is a good way to tell something is incorrect even if its just a improperly centered steering wheel.
it gets you looking under the hood and through the steering (which is a good thing)
not saying you were wrong, just some times the steering wheel isnt centered.
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07-30-2009, 02:12 AM
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nah man, its not really wrong info.
your steering wheel was off do to the damaged part, which therefor your alignment was out of wack. Plus you were having to correct by steering to the left (or whichever way) just to go straight. This is a good way to tell something is incorrect even if its just a improperly centered steering wheel.
it gets you looking under the hood and through the steering (which is a good thing)
not saying you were wrong, just some times the steering wheel isnt centered.
your steering wheel was off do to the damaged part, which therefor your alignment was out of wack. Plus you were having to correct by steering to the left (or whichever way) just to go straight. This is a good way to tell something is incorrect even if its just a improperly centered steering wheel.
it gets you looking under the hood and through the steering (which is a good thing)
not saying you were wrong, just some times the steering wheel isnt centered.
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07-30-2009, 01:02 PM
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Remeber my steering is TOTALLY different than yours, or anyone else's setup here. Only a few members that arent active have setups like mine.
Im running crossover steering, EVERYTHING is dead on, steering extension needs to be loosened the wheel needs to be centered then the extension needs to be tightened.
Im well capable of aligning my truck and diagnosing problems inside the steering. and i can tell you what the problem is.
geuss you never caught my build thread?
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07-31-2009, 03:25 PM
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WRONG!!! my steering wheel is off because when it was taken off the shop didnt center it when they put it back in. I have a body lift, theres an extension in the center, that extension was removed while working on my truck, then instead of making sure the steering wheel was centered they pushed it back together and tightened the allen bolt.
Remeber my steering is TOTALLY different than yours, or anyone else's setup here. Only a few members that arent active have setups like mine.
Im running crossover steering, EVERYTHING is dead on, steering extension needs to be loosened the wheel needs to be centered then the extension needs to be tightened.
Im well capable of aligning my truck and diagnosing problems inside the steering. and i can tell you what the problem is.
geuss you never caught my build thread?
Remeber my steering is TOTALLY different than yours, or anyone else's setup here. Only a few members that arent active have setups like mine.
Im running crossover steering, EVERYTHING is dead on, steering extension needs to be loosened the wheel needs to be centered then the extension needs to be tightened.
Im well capable of aligning my truck and diagnosing problems inside the steering. and i can tell you what the problem is.
geuss you never caught my build thread?
when dealing with a stock setup where nothing in the steering system has been modified then the clocking of the wheel is determined by tie rods. of course that's also only true when sitting still. different things come into play when moving.
didn't mean to offend or rile anybody up.
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07-31-2009, 03:54 PM
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sorry it slipped my mind that you had a custom setup on steering. i actually did read your build thread and it pissed me off because now i want to do the same thing but there's no way in hell i will be able to.
when dealing with a stock setup where nothing in the steering system has been modified then the clocking of the wheel is determined by tie rods. of course that's also only true when sitting still. different things come into play when moving.
didn't mean to offend or rile anybody up.
when dealing with a stock setup where nothing in the steering system has been modified then the clocking of the wheel is determined by tie rods. of course that's also only true when sitting still. different things come into play when moving.
didn't mean to offend or rile anybody up.
why cant you do a SAS setup. Fairly easy actually. Even a kit to get you started check my sig...
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08-02-2009, 05:32 PM
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money is an issue these days. i've always wanted to do one. even had it planned out for the ranger i had until i totalled it. got the f-150 and i've probably put enough in it to have a straight axle underneath it. it'd be nice if foresight were 20/20