Help with diagnosing steering pull (1 Viewer)

[fj402]

Yes, that is what I installed. Looks like they are on sale! They were $79 a week ago.

I ended adjusting each of my TREs about 1.5 turns to shift the steering right, which was a little under 1/8". Steering is perfectly straight, best it has been in a long while.

awesome!

 

[merbesfield]

When you say pulls to right, are you talking about when accelerating? My truck after fresh multi part replacement and alignment from top shop tracks straight when coasting, but upon accelerating, it will pull to the right. My alignment guy said it’s because it’s all wheel drive. Sounds reasonable.

 

[Mad Ambassador]

Thanks for the tip. I threw in the towel and dropped my rig at the mechanics. He agrees the rack is moving too much and decided to order some of the Whiteline bushing to replace the OEM
>> Do I need an alignment after this? Will see how it feels first I guess.


Part of me is excited to see if this does anything to help my steering pull.......The other part of me feels stupid for removing new OEM parts and installing these but something needed to be done.

Just realized I started this thread back in 2021, been living with it since. Never realized how much it bothered me until I got my GX470 and it rides like a dream, straight and smooth.

Just curious if you the aftermarket bushings helped? I think I’m having the exact same issue with my “99 LX. Hoping this is the solution because it’s super annoying having the truck pull to the right all the time.

 

[Mike NXP]

Just curious if you the aftermarket bushings helped? I think I’m having the exact same issue with my “99 LX. Hoping this is the solution because it’s super annoying having the truck pull to the right all the time.

I never pulled the trigger on aftermarket bushings. I had a tough time removing and replacing fairly new OEM Toyota parts. My ride height seems to be the biggest contributing factor to improper alignment and steering pull. I dropped my front end back down and added a bunch of weight to my over sprung rear end to get rake and height back closer to stock. This allowed for a better alignment and ride quality overall.

 

[Mad Ambassador]

I never pulled the trigger on aftermarket bushings. I had a tough time removing and replacing fairly new OEM Toyota parts. My ride height seems to be the biggest contributing factor to improper alignment and steering pull. I dropped my front end back down and added a bunch of weight to my over sprung rear end to get rake and height back closer to stock. This allowed for a better alignment and ride quality overall.

I gave in and had my oem bushings on a new rack swapped out for SuperPro bushings. Didn’t love the doing it but couldn’t figure out what was causing the pull. My height is stock and I have ‘33 inch K02s. New cv boots, ball joints, and upper control arms. The steering feels so much better with the new bushings. It seems to have mostly solved the pull but not completely solved of it. At this point it’s either my tires and/or just some roads. I’m going to do my best to ignore it for before I loose my mind replacing the entire front end lol.