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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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When I am driving down the road my truck is pilling to the left...I have had it aligned by 2 different places and they both say it is good. Do you guys have any ideas

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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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Driving or braking?
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 10:40 AM
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it is pulling to the left if I am going down the road and let go of the steering wheel
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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Have you had the wheels inspected and balanced? A bad wheel can cause pulling issues.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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Trackbar?

My truck pulled to the left, took it in and they said the trackbar was bad and wanted $350 to repair it.
Bought the same one they were trying to sell me for $69 on ebay and did it myself, no more pull at all and I never brought it back in for alignment.
Replace you sway bar links at the same time, thats what usually causes the trackbar to go out, if you decide thats what you are going to do.

My wifes car pulled to the left and we brought it in and one of the tires had tread seperation, replaced it and 3 months later got the same thing but pulling to the right, again it was tread seperation and replacing the tire completely resolved the issue.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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the wheels have been inspected and balanced and I rotated the tires also thinking it could be a tire.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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If it isn't the tires, alignment, or the track bar, maybe you're having involuntary spasms?
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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no spasms I just let the wheel go after going straight for a little while and it goes to the left
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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no spasms I just let the wheel go after going straight for a little while and it goes to the left
Hmmmm. Perhaps you're releasing the wheel while heading into a rightward curve.


I'm just saying....
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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Is the front passenger wheel shim still there? If heard that the factory used that to solve some handling issues.
 
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