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They said the input shaft was hooked up not dead center. The gear box is indexed so I could only put it on one way and with the passenger side tire straight, the steering wheel is straight. I have an equal amount of steering wheel revolutions in both directions. I KNOW I didn't do anything wrong..OH WELL. I guess they lost another customer. I'll try and hit up a different shop. The new one I picked out has a Letter of Recommendation from the 59th MDW/CC (;
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Ha! Forget going to shops!
Do your own alignment with string and tape measures. I fought alignment for years until I did my own. Hey, guess what!? I can my own better than any shop anywhere!
You did the install fine. It's idiot proof. With IFS, how hard can alignment be? Geez, are there ANY good shops anymore?????? I'm sorry for your pain.
Do your own alignment with string and tape measures. I fought alignment for years until I did my own. Hey, guess what!? I can my own better than any shop anywhere!
You did the install fine. It's idiot proof. With IFS, how hard can alignment be? Geez, are there ANY good shops anymore?????? I'm sorry for your pain.
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Well to really revive this thread, I'm finally back in the states after my 4 year hiatus overseas. As one might imagine, she's starting to get a little rough, but it's mostly cosmetic. Just hit 200,000 miles and carried the wife, dogs, and most of my belongings that I left in the states from New England to my new place in OH. Frame is still clean, a few new dents thanks to my mother hitting it (ooof), clear coat is gone on the hood and top of the cab, starting to go on the driver side fender, headliner is peeling a bit on the leading edge by the cracked windshield, dash is cracked now, bedliner needs to be redone, rear bumper is mostly tape at this point, A/C needs to be addressed, and I still need to investigate the vacuum leak. Aside from all that though, truck runs like a top. No slipping, no weird sounds or ticks. I thought I would be looking at selling it but damn it's tough when she runs this good lmfao
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While you are there, be SURE and check out the air and space museum on base. If you have kids, they will LOVE it.