GAKRAWLER

My passenger side tire seems to be "bowed" out a bit and I want to fix this now before it starts to wear uneven. This happened about 3 days Ago I noticed this and my steering wheel pulls to the right when it is dead straight. I'm thinking it may be a bad ball joint? Either way I need to get this fixed ASAP any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

GAKRAWLER

Another pic to kinda show what I'm talking about.....

jebmccall

jack it up and check that side for play... ball joints orr hub more than likely.

GAKRAWLER

there was a bad wheel bearing on the front passenger side so i replaced it and the camber is still off and it still pulls to the right?? my mechanic said it wasnt the ball joints but im starting to wonder if it is...

stang65

if you jack it up and it sags or you can move it up and down its pry a ball joint also check you tie rod and tie rod ends to see if maybe its been bent or bad joint on the ends. do you have death wobble?

GAKRAWLER

yeah at about 70 mph today i was getting quite a bit of shaking on my wheel... i just got off the phone with my mechanic and he said the ball joints were fine and the wheel bearing the we relplaced had a lot of wear on it and had a lot of play in the passenger side wheel. now that it is replaced he said there isnt hardly any play.. which leads me to the next thing. he mentioned i couldve bent my axle?! i was crawling and kind of hit a rock not too hard but i did hit it pretty good and i was wondering do you think my axle or tie rod ends could be bent? and if so what would be the best way going about fixing this because i cant keep driving on this otherwise my tires will start to wear uneven. right now my tires look like this..

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stang65

well if you could get some pics from the front of the rig we might be able to help were we can see the axle and steering links. what tie rod are you running?

GAKRAWLER

I will have pics go tomorrow and I am not 100% sure on the tie rod.. It's a rough country lift so I'm guessing a RC tie rod

desertempire

my jeep has this too but its stock, the opposite side wears only on the outside edge of the tire. could this be a trac bar problem?

may pop

Desert empire it sounds like your problem it incorrect toe in. That will cause one side to wear unevenly.

Ron

Gee oh Dee

^^This





And a bent tie rod won't cause that problem.

As bad as it is you should be able to just look at it and see whats wrong.

stang65

update?

GAKRAWLER

Got it fixed. Bad wheel bearing and needed an Alignment and toe adjustment bad. Now she rides great. Thanks for the help Everyone