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Old 02-18-2013, 10:30 AM
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This is a real bummer. I just replaced all four tires last summer with brand new General Grabber AT 2's. I also replaced 2 of 4 ball joints and all u-joints (no cv) on the front axle. I aligned it myself and drove straight as an arrow down the road up until a couple of months ago. I noticed it pulling a bit and eventually hopping a wee bit only when it gets up to @60 mph or so. The passenger side is wearing worse/faster than driver's side but both are wearing outside only. I just moved back tires to front temporarily so if I bring it in today I can get them to align it professionally if necessary.
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possibly the "i aligned it myself" could be the problem?
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I simply followed the many write-ups here and there as there's only one adjustment basically. For months, it rode straight as an arrow for several hundred feet before even slightly drifting due to environmental factors. I agree though that only fractions off the mark during the adjustment prolly did cause this which is why I swapped tires to the front to prep for the shop. Is there anything else that would cause the positive camber affect even though mine is not adjustable?

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Could be too much toe. OR, you corner way too hard!
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The WJs tend to do this when the hub bearings go bad (we have 3 in the famly). It very well could be bad wheel bearings.

If you end up needing a set we carry economy ones for under 100 bucks right now. I run them in my ZJ they're awesome. Here's a link to them for your 93. Jeep Grand Cherokee Wheel Bearings
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