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Originally Posted by lolife99
I just wanted to see the upper a-arms and the tie rods.
There has been a rash of people installing the inner tie rods and center link incorrectly. I'm just trying to see what's causing the bumpsteer issues.
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All those parts are orginal to the truck, they were in excellent shape and they fit with the swapped in parts, so I left them installed. I am pretty sure the bump steer is coming from the alignment issues. I would guess the alignment shop set the camber as close as possible, but the caster is way off resulting in the driving issues. When rounding a corner, the steering wheel does not want to self center as it should, you actually have to turn it a bit to get it go back to center. I used the term "bump steer", actually the truck just tends to wander a bit over rough spots in the road. Or they set the caster and the camber is off, not sure which, they said they set it so it would not wear out the tires and they told me it probably wouldn't drive like it should...they were right! In it's current form, I could live with it, but I don't mind spending a little cash to get it driving better. Just from what I have read, I am guessing they set the camber and the caster is way off.
I think the alignment shop would have caught this if that was the case....well they should have!