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Old Jan 27, 2020 | 07:50 PM
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My 2007 F-150 is a standard cab truck.
A few weeks ago I had an alignment done on it. It's still wandering to the right a little bit. The shop that did the work told me to bring it back in and they will fix it.
When they did the alignment they entered the truck as an extended cab. Does this make a difference on the front end settings being mine is a standard cab?
 
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Old Jan 27, 2020 | 09:26 PM
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Do you mean that your truck is a short wheelbase truck or a regular cab with a long bed? I can't answer your alignment question but I think there is a slight alignment difference in the alignment settings for each side because the road is usually sloped to the right and they try to compensate for that. I don't know this for a fact.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2020 | 10:43 PM
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I suppose there are 3 possibilities - standard cab short bed, standard cab long bed/extended cab short bed, and extended cab long bed. The wheelbase of a standard cab long bed is the same as an extended cab short bed. I don't know if the specs are different between a 2wd and 4wd but the wheelbases are the same.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 01:03 AM
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It's a short bed, standard cab, 2 wheel drive F150 XL.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 12:12 PM
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Then the wheelbase is shorter than either of the extended cab options.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 06:29 PM
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Then the wheelbase is shorter than either of the extended cab options.
Ya think?
Just funnin' ya GLC. ​​​​​​
I just need to know, are there different front end alignment settings for each make of the F-150.
IE; XL short bed reg. cab, XL long bed reg. cab, Super Cab, Crew Cab, etc.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 07:07 PM
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I'm sure your alignment shop should be able to answer that?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 07:43 PM
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As I remember, I tried to find the alignment specs for my 02 in my set of factory manuals and it didn't have them. Not sure why?
 
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