Hey guys, it's been awhile. I've retired the truck in my sig below and it's now become a pure toy/weekend warrior. Before I retired it, it was out of alignment so I replaced the following:

Upper + lower ball joints
Inner + outer tie rods
Pitman arm
Idler arm
Driver CV axle (snapped it while yanking someone out)

Parts were all from Autozone, nothing great.

I cut the outer tie rods as per Fabtech's instructions below:


I've done this job at least a half dozen times on this truck and had it aligned without any trouble. This time however, the truck just will not align.

I don't have the alignment specs on me right now (I will later today), but I believe the truck has a lot of negative toe - the front wheels are pointing out away from each other pretty badly.

I took the truck back from the alignment shop, cut the tie rods even more thinking perhaps I didn't measure enough, and I believe it helped a little, but it's still way, way out of alignment. I know I have to have cut off more than the recommended amount by now, so I don't want to cut any further.

The only things I haven't replaced are the wheel bearings/hub assemblies. It's been a month or two since I've worked on the truck, but from what I can remember, there wasn't any obvious noise or play coming from either wheel bearing/hub assembly. Could these be the culprit? Any other thoughts? Looking to get this truck fixed before the next RYC event. Thanks!

Edit: Also forgot to ask, if there are ABS cables up front, the truck has 4-wheel ABS correct? I'm looking on RockAuto, and I see they have wholesaler closeout hub assemblies for less than half the cost of the normal items, but they're 2-wheel ABS. There's really nothing wrong with running these 2-wheel ABS hubs on a 4-wheel ABS truck is there? Hell the ABS wire on the passenger side has been snapped for months anyway, so this would really be no different.

 

Here are the alignment specs: