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Rearend alignment is way out!
Old 12-01-2004, 11:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Rearend alignment is way out!

I only have about 9,950 miles on my '04 SB 4x4. My wife was driving it the other day and I was following behind her in our Jeep. I noticed the truck appeared as though it was not tracking straight down the road. It looked like the rear of the truck was off to the right side. It bugs the hell out of me when I see vehicle's like this. Anyway, I took it to the dealer yesterday and they found that the rear angle was at 3 degrees and the frontend toe was in. The service manager called it "dog tailing."

Keep in mind, I haven't done anything to modify the truck. When I bought it, the same dealer installed the 2" leveling kit and put on the BFG AT 315's. The tech said he was able to pull the L/R backwards and the R/R forward but was only able to get the thrust angle to 1 degree. He got the front toe to 0 degrees.

The tech that did the work told me this is within specs but it seems to me like that is still too far out so I took it to another mechanic that I fully trust. He told me that 1 degree is still off by quite a bit. He said 3 degrees is way off. He told me that .1 degree is okay but not a full degree. He's going to check it in the morning so I have some thing to compare it to when I take it back to the dealer. My mechanic told me that he's seen cars that have been involved in collisions that are out only 1 degree. He said it had to come from the factory like that or somethings bent. Its never been in a collision. He said it would have to have been hit by a semi to knock it out that much.

I also noticed that my right front tire is excessively worn on the outside. It's the only tire that is unevenly worn. Again, I have less then 10,000 miles on this truck. I feel this is unacceptable.

Has anyone else had this problem or even noticed? Any other ideas?
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