I just got my truck. It's a 2000 4x4 club cab. The it pulls to the left. This is very noticeable on the highway. When going straight or to the right, I feel a light clunking in the steering wheel and there is a little vibration. When going to the left there isn't any clunking.

What do you guys think this is? At first I thought it might be the trackbar, but the truck doesn't wander. The steering is responsive. I don't get the death wobble. The suspension is fine. It feels smooth going over bumps. Thanks for any help.

 

sounds like front axel u-joint if it is replace them in pairs

 

Wheel bearing or hub bearing depending on if it's independant front or solid axle. Does it get worse while braking?

 

A couple other things I noticed today were the steering wheel isn't centered. It's turned a little to the right when going straight. Also, there is resistance when turning right (or holding the wheel to go straight). Probably a more than normal. But when turning left, there is no resistance. I turned about as sharp to the left as I could on the highway, and the steering wheel turned very easily.

I didn't really notice during braking, but I'll pay more attention when I drive home.

 

jack up the front end turn your wheels aal the way to the right and turn wheel by hand and also grab the axel around the u-joint see if there is movement up and down and side to side if so you need axel joints when going straight let go of the wheel if it pulls could just be out of aligment

 

I'm going to check the joints tomorrow.

I did some hard braking and it didn't affect anything. Nothing got better or worse.

I also want to check the trackbar and tie rods since the truck has 120k. What's the procedure for that?

 

have someone while running turn steering wheel back and forth 1/4 turns watch tie rods and feel to see if there moving up and down if so that indicates bad tie rod's and watch and feel if the track bar at the joint end by gear box to be doing the same thing this means that the joint is dislocating its self from the socket but the track bar will cause steering wonder and death wobble as you will be fighting the steering wheel worn out tie rods will cause steering play and slow response it sounds like misaligment