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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 04:30 PM
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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?

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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 05:02 PM
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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
 

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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 05:48 PM
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make sense. any other ideas to try out before shelling out money.
 
Old Apr 25, 2013 | 07:32 PM
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When I changed my spark plugs I disabled the steering shaft. When I got It all together it was a little off(even though I was told it's impossible to do). So I took it apart again and redid it and it was fine.
 
Old Apr 25, 2013 | 11:01 PM
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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.
 

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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 11:25 PM
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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.
 
Old Apr 26, 2013 | 09:11 AM
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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.
 
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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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thats what i thought too.
 
Old Apr 26, 2013 | 07:33 PM
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does it help that my front is a half and inch higher then my rear lol. looks like i need to go crank down the t-bar. XD
 
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