Alignment follow up 1992 Silverado

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Diego0123005

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So a few days ago i asked how i could do a wheel alignment because of how many times the shop was not able to align it. Long story short, my right front tire was toe out. When jacked the truck up in the air both tires were straight. It's just when i let the truck down the tire goes toe out. So i am kind of stuck on what to do.
 

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Sounds like you need to jack it back up and shake everything... something ain't right..

Ball joints, wheel bearing/hub bearing, control arm bushings.

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Sounds like you need to jack it back up and shake everything... something ain't right..

Ball joints, wheel bearing/hub bearing, control arm bushings.

sent from what use to be a great country...
I had the lower ball joint replaced. What should i look to next?
 

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That's not right, something is up there. What's the history of the vehicle? I don't know if it is physically possible on these trucks, on some vehicles the center link can be flipped the wrong way, causing issues with steering.

I know for a fact, it can be done on an 1980's Dodge D150, a DIY'er came in to a auto parts / repair place I worked for an alignment. He had reversed the center link without knowing it when working on replacing steering and suspension parts, and it was absolutely scary to drive even at low speeds.

To set the toe, you need to scribe a line on the tires, you can jack the front up, spin the tires by hand and paint a line with a fast drying spray can. Once dry, you spin the tire again, using a block of wood or something stable to rest a screwdriver or awl on, scribe a straight line around the circumference of the tires.

Set the vehicle down on the tires, then measure from the scribed line both in front and rear. Adjust toe to suit, approximately 1/32 or 1/16 toe in on the front.
 

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That's not right, something is up there. What's the history of the vehicle? I don't know if it is physically possible on these trucks, on some vehicles the center link can be flipped the wrong way, causing issues with steering.

I know for a fact, it can be done on an 1980's Dodge D150, a DIY'er came in to a auto parts / repair place I worked for an alignment. He had reversed the center link without knowing it when working on replacing steering and suspension parts, and it was absolutely scary to drive even at low speeds.

To set the toe, you need to scribe a line on the tires, you can jack the front up, spin the tires by hand and paint a line with a fast drying spray can. Once dry, you spin the tire again, using a block of wood or something stable to rest a screwdriver or awl on, scribe a straight line around the circumference of the tires.

Set the vehicle down on the tires, then measure from the scribed line both in front and rear. Adjust toe to suit, approximately 1/32 or 1/16 toe in on the front.
I bought the truck off of craigslist. Got pretty screwed over. The alignment was out of wack. both front tires were toe out. I had a shop replace the pitman arm idler arm and a lower ball joint from the right front tire. Then had it aligned. It still pulled to the right. Had it aligned again, still pulled. for the 3rd time i just gave up and kept driving like that. I took it upon my self to just get under there, adjust the tie rods to make the damn wheels straight. When i jacked it up, the wheels were straight, which was weird. I made the tire toe in all the way till it stopped me. When i dropped the truck, the wheels were straight. I drove it like that for 2 days then jacked it up, and made the right tire straight when it was jacked up, because i noticed that the camber was all out of wack with what i have done. So i came to the conclusion that maybe the tires were aligned, but when i lowered it off the jack the tire went toe out again. Thats all i know right now.
 
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