weird steering angle
my steering is like i have to have it like im turning right slightly to go stright. yet i have new steering box, idler arm, pitman arm. ball joints are good, rag joint is good. i have significant wear on my front passanger tire. yet my TOE is perfect. ideas?
pic of my steering angle while driving stright.
pic of my steering angle while driving stright.
Last edited by Steve-o; Apr 25, 2013 at 04:38 PM.
sounds like a front alignment is in order, from the alignment guys i deal with, camber also plays a role in the pull of the car.. so sometimes if a vehicle is pulling lets say to the right, it may not be the toe angles but the camber angle
Last edited by okiedoak20; Apr 25, 2013 at 05:06 PM.
rotate the tires from the front to the back. dont cross rotate them. just front to back and see what it does. if the wheel straightens out, you should start checking hubs and ball joints. something could be on the way out, or broken all together.
edit: mine was doing the same thing, i did a tire rotation and the wheel straighten out. when i bought mine the PO said that he had the upper ball joint replaced that morning. (right before i bought it) when i took it on a test drive before i bought it, i didnt notice the wheel being off. but after the tire rotation and new tires all together, its fixed.
edit: mine was doing the same thing, i did a tire rotation and the wheel straighten out. when i bought mine the PO said that he had the upper ball joint replaced that morning. (right before i bought it) when i took it on a test drive before i bought it, i didnt notice the wheel being off. but after the tire rotation and new tires all together, its fixed.
Last edited by Twip; Apr 25, 2013 at 11:04 PM.
Is there any play in the wheel from there to center? If so mine does the same exact thing when my Idler goes out, which my wheel is now like yours after mudding..
But what brand parts did you use for all that? If you use something cheep and not Moog the parts may only last a couple months.
But what brand parts did you use for all that? If you use something cheep and not Moog the parts may only last a couple months.
it was over 2 years ago since the parts were bought, but my dad works part time at advance auto so discounts, wootwoot! and just your typical play in the blazers, back when i got it, the play was horrid. then bought a new steering box. thats when i first noticed the steering angle off, but it took the guy forever to actuly get it in (he said a week it was a month) so i didnt want to take it back to him knowing that.
Wait wait.... a month to get a steering box in????? Lol that should only take 3 hours and that's going slow. But if the angle has been off since the box was put in then this "mechanic" didn't align the shafts.
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