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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 05:42 PM
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Just had the ball joints, and the drivers side u-joint, replaced in my 97 country. The steering is now awful....it tends to "oversteer" both directions and is a pain to hold straight.
I really don't have the funds to take it to a front end shop so I thought I'd ask you guys. Does this sound like toe adjustment? I think I could do that myself.....at least I could get it closer but I don't want to screw with it if it sounds like something else.

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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 05:46 PM
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Do a good tape measure alignment first and see if that fixes it.
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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 09:41 PM
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Ball joints over tightened, loosesn castle nut, snug it up, and then tighten to line cotter pin up.

If over tightened it will kill the return to center, wander all over the road. I made that mistake once, never again.
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 07:07 AM
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sounds like ^he has your answer.
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