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Truck won't "snap back" straight when turning right?

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Old 05-18-2011, 06:26 PM
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Default Truck won't "snap back" straight when turning right?

I did a little bit of dirt diving, but I can't figure out what is wrong.

My alignment seems fine (perfectly straight)... Left turns are fine. Very slight (like driving down the street) right turns are fine, but hard rights, I physically have to pull the steering wheel back straight

Any idea what could cause it? Nothing was visibly bent or damaged, but maybe i'm not looking at the right places...
 

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Take it in for an alignment. Insufficient caster will do that -- you may have bent something.
 
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I had a broken front sway bar link that gave me those symptoms, fairly easy fix and easy to see if broken.
 
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steering stabilizer/damper is creased in the middle- major bend. Looks like I nailed it offroading. It took me forever to figure it out because I have a boot on it!
 



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