VIKING_MECHANIC
GMT 400 obsessed Swede.
I'm asking this post to see if any of you can help me figure out what's going on.
So the truck will drive straight with the steering cocked to the right for ~100yards before it drifts. I know the steering shaft has play - but that should affect the alignment right?
So there's two things I'm thinking that are affecting the steering:
1. The previous owner took off steering wheel and didn't re align it properly( I'm not sure how it actually attaches to column)
2. When I replaced the tie rods, pitman/idler arm I had to rotate the steering wheel to get them off/in. I'm wondering if I had the steering wheel offset to the right just a bit but the splines on the gear lined up in such a way I could get the pitman arm on correctly.
Here are the the alignment specs from Friday. The second one is when I took it out and realigned just the toe. And now it drives pretty good.
So the truck will drive straight with the steering cocked to the right for ~100yards before it drifts. I know the steering shaft has play - but that should affect the alignment right?
So there's two things I'm thinking that are affecting the steering:
1. The previous owner took off steering wheel and didn't re align it properly( I'm not sure how it actually attaches to column)
2. When I replaced the tie rods, pitman/idler arm I had to rotate the steering wheel to get them off/in. I'm wondering if I had the steering wheel offset to the right just a bit but the splines on the gear lined up in such a way I could get the pitman arm on correctly.
Here are the the alignment specs from Friday. The second one is when I took it out and realigned just the toe. And now it drives pretty good.
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