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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by losingxinsight
I want mine aligned because my steering wheel isn't straight, and I'd rather not mess with the air bag to fix it.
theres a bracket that has a rod threaded through it on both sides... coming from the pitman arm... loosen the 2 clamps and rotate it till your steering is right... mine came loose and ALMOST let go (would have lost steering!!!) thought it was steering box gears but wasnt... so this will fix ur problem and ont throw the front end out of wack...
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.0cherokee
well from factory i was told they were suppose to pull a little bit to the right so if somebody fell asleep it would pull to the right off the road instead of oncoming traffic. but that is just what i was told
yeah i dont know of this being true... i worked at a dealer and we never did this... the roads have a slight lean to the right for water drainage... this causes cars to go right new or old... we always aligned them alittle left to make up for this... still in green but more left then right...
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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you can straighten your steering wheel in like 2 min. I did mine yesterday because it looked like i was going left all the time after my new axle.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by huntingman2706217
theres a bracket that has a rod threaded through it on both sides... coming from the pitman arm... loosen the 2 clamps and rotate it till your steering is right... mine came loose and ALMOST let go (would have lost steering!!!) thought it was steering box gears but wasnt... so this will fix ur problem and ont throw the front end out of wack...

So after I do that I assume it's a good thing to check every now and then?
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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here you go
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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° hey that was fun!
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by losingxinsight
So after I do that I assume it's a good thing to check every now and then?
uh yeah... if you got a impact... use it... my steering wheel went more then 360 degrees and got where i could only turn one way... i thought the gears were slippin in the box... stupid me... finally crawled under there i had all kinds of play... i turned it 2 more time the wrong way with my hand cause i didnt know which way to go and it came apart... scarey as obama for president... wait...
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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there are good ones to buy the company is call ak
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by huntingman2706217
uh yeah... if you got a impact... use it... my steering wheel went more then 360 degrees and got where i could only turn one way... i thought the gears were slippin in the box... stupid me... finally crawled under there i had all kinds of play... i turned it 2 more time the wrong way with my hand cause i didnt know which way to go and it came apart... scarey as obama for president... wait...

lol. But no impact, just my arms and hands lol.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by losingxinsight
lol. But no impact, just my arms and hands lol.
you should be just fine.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 4.0cherokee
you should be just fine.

Yep. Already done, appreciate the help!
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 04:14 PM
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not a prob... as long as you dont sit inside and play video games all day then you should be strong enough to get them tight...
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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crap... jinxed myself... my 03 dodge 4x4 cummins 2500 has bad upper and lower ball joints and a bad drivers tie rod... its on 37's and i already replaced both front hub assemblies this summer ($300 each) big tires are killin me...course has 160 thousand miles now... they want $800 for all of it done... sucks... still gotta spend $1200 worth of injector rebuild... buddy up there says there a pain in the butt to change and he wont do them... lol... frickin jinxed myself... i gotta stop that...
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by alpine.adrenaline
I remember hearing the adjustable ones give you 1-2° more articulation. .
huh?
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.0cherokee
well from factory i was told they were suppose to pull a little bit to the right so if somebody fell asleep it would pull to the right off the road instead of oncoming traffic. but that is just what i was told
That is correct. The right side is 2 degrees different than the left. That is why you would want off set ball joints.
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