Re: RE: Alignment problems?

From: William H. Hiatt III (william@hiatt.net)
Date: Mon Jan 01 2001 - 23:10:14 EST


How would the dealer or I tell if the ball joints are bad? Follow the FSM
procedure (Using a dial indicator)?

thanks
william

At 08:58 PM 1/1/2001 -0600, you wrote:

>Check for bad ball joints or mis-threaded tie-rod ends. (Had that problem
>fixed at the 1500 mile mark on my truck back in '97...seems to be a common
>problem.)
>
>- Bernd
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of William H. Hiatt III
>Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 8:18 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Alignment problems?
>
>
>I seem to be having alignment problems. After getting the alignment set
>back perfectly, the tie on the left-tire seems to go way off again (To the
>left). What could be causing this? I've had it aligned at 3 different
>places (dealer included), and the alignment seems to keep going out after
>about 200 miles. I have 275/60R17's.
>
>william



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