Ever since I got my 80 it has had steering and vibration problems associated with the 4" lift the prior owner installed. Just got it back from another shop cause I clearly don't know what to fix myself, and while some of the issues like the vibrations were resolved, the vagueness and the constant pull are still there and it drives me crazy, basically have to hold my wheel at 11 o'clock.
Symptom: Truck drives a little vague as if it has a lack of caster, follows the crown of the road and on highways pretty much always pulls to the right enough that I don't want to take it on road trips. Seems to be fine going on a completely level road, but as most of our roads have a crown it has that constant pull when in any right lane. I'm hoping this isn't something I just have to live with as my lifted 60 and 40 don't have this issue at all.
What I've done for this issue so far:
1) Installed caster plates. I now have 3.5* caster.
2) Tightened wheel bearings
3) Replaced both front and rear pan hard bars with new OEM
4) Completely rebuilt steering box with new worm gear and all that mess
5) Had control arms checked, and while the bushings have some wear was told they are still in good shape
6) Alignment, added toe in to get to OEM spec
7) Swapped tires side to side, checked for correct pressures
8) Added pan hard lift bracket to rear axle
The shop mentioned maybe trying to add offset bearings for the camber, that may be my next move but if anyone has suggestions on something else I can look into, don't hold back.
Symptom: Truck drives a little vague as if it has a lack of caster, follows the crown of the road and on highways pretty much always pulls to the right enough that I don't want to take it on road trips. Seems to be fine going on a completely level road, but as most of our roads have a crown it has that constant pull when in any right lane. I'm hoping this isn't something I just have to live with as my lifted 60 and 40 don't have this issue at all.
What I've done for this issue so far:
1) Installed caster plates. I now have 3.5* caster.
2) Tightened wheel bearings
3) Replaced both front and rear pan hard bars with new OEM
4) Completely rebuilt steering box with new worm gear and all that mess
5) Had control arms checked, and while the bushings have some wear was told they are still in good shape
6) Alignment, added toe in to get to OEM spec
7) Swapped tires side to side, checked for correct pressures
8) Added pan hard lift bracket to rear axle
The shop mentioned maybe trying to add offset bearings for the camber, that may be my next move but if anyone has suggestions on something else I can look into, don't hold back.
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