nimrod.sixty9
Hold on, I got this.
Just got the lifetime alignment done at Tires Plus; drives a lot better, but I have some questions...
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The head tech came to me telling me that both, the idler arm and pitman are have "play". Now Ive had a bad idler on two different vehicles and I could see the idler move up and down when turning the wheel. I do not see this on the Kon. Ive even tried to see if they moved in any direction, other then left and right, with the wheels off the ground and didnt see anything out of the ordinary. Are they able to test in a way that a visual inspection cant?
Also, after the alignment it now pulls left, but only slightly. For the most part it stays straight. On the way home I got it up to a pretty respectable speed to test vibration. No where near like it was before; almost like I cant tell if it the truck or if its the road. Well when I went to brake to hit my turn, I had to hit them fairly hard, and holy shit it pulled left. I had to correct quickly as I was instantly going for the other lane. I then tried it going at a slower speed and no pull when I brake. Mind you these calipers are brand new; talking only a few days old now. Before I would brake lightly and it would pull left, harder braking would pull harder left, then really getting into the pedal it would actually straighten up. This is before new calipers and alignment. Does this all point to the possibility of bad idler/pitman arm?
Another thing, after the fact, the tech told me that the part on the upper control arm that would normally adjust camber cannot be adjusted. It must be taken out and "stamped"; which he explained that it would be shortened and would allow adjustment. Said it should be done due to camber being off 3 degrees and would allow the tires to last. Can someone give me some input on this? How desperate should I be to get this fixed? Basically Im looking for a second opinion and what my priorities should be.
Wondering if any of this could be related to my brake issue; thread here.
Original pull thread here.
Strange steering behavior thread here.
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The head tech came to me telling me that both, the idler arm and pitman are have "play". Now Ive had a bad idler on two different vehicles and I could see the idler move up and down when turning the wheel. I do not see this on the Kon. Ive even tried to see if they moved in any direction, other then left and right, with the wheels off the ground and didnt see anything out of the ordinary. Are they able to test in a way that a visual inspection cant?
Also, after the alignment it now pulls left, but only slightly. For the most part it stays straight. On the way home I got it up to a pretty respectable speed to test vibration. No where near like it was before; almost like I cant tell if it the truck or if its the road. Well when I went to brake to hit my turn, I had to hit them fairly hard, and holy shit it pulled left. I had to correct quickly as I was instantly going for the other lane. I then tried it going at a slower speed and no pull when I brake. Mind you these calipers are brand new; talking only a few days old now. Before I would brake lightly and it would pull left, harder braking would pull harder left, then really getting into the pedal it would actually straighten up. This is before new calipers and alignment. Does this all point to the possibility of bad idler/pitman arm?
Another thing, after the fact, the tech told me that the part on the upper control arm that would normally adjust camber cannot be adjusted. It must be taken out and "stamped"; which he explained that it would be shortened and would allow adjustment. Said it should be done due to camber being off 3 degrees and would allow the tires to last. Can someone give me some input on this? How desperate should I be to get this fixed? Basically Im looking for a second opinion and what my priorities should be.
Wondering if any of this could be related to my brake issue; thread here.
Original pull thread here.
Strange steering behavior thread here.
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