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Messing up Alignment Off Road

Discussion in 'Technical Chat' started by drew02a, Nov 23, 2009.

  1. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:00 AM
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    Is it possible for your truck to just go out of alignment while wheeling without breaking anything?

    After this last meet I noticed that I had to hold the steering heel at 11:00 to keep going straight down the highway. Took a look underneath and it doesn't look like anything is bent or broken. Could I have just knocked it out of alignment?

    I was going to install LR UCAs anyway so right now I'm planning on doing that tomorrow, then taking it in to get it re-aligned.
     
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  2. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:01 AM
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  3. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:16 AM
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    Thanks
     
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  4. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:18 AM
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    Totally possible- which is why the lifetime alignment from Firestone was so clutch for me....I can take it in whenever i do a suspension upgrade or have a good offroad trip.
     
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  5. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM
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    chris4x4 With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. Moderator

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    And it is NOT possible to fix it by going back on the trail, but the opposite direction...
     
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  6. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:20 AM
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    Me too. Best $130 I ever spent on the truck.
     
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  7. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM
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    Interesting you should mention that :laugh:
     
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  8. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM
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    I have tried. :anonymous:
     
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  9. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM
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    How about if you are in reverse?
     
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  10. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:22 AM
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    You cant get the speed needed.....And you "may" loose control and hit a fence. :anonymous:
     
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  11. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:24 AM
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    You definitely get cool points for trying

    I think I'm going to do the Firestone thing, thanks all.
     
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  12. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:32 AM
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    depending on where you live, just driving down the highway will throw your alignment out. more so in the northern states due to the potholes we have
     
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  13. Nov 23, 2009 at 8:38 AM
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    Whoa! Are you saying that there are potholes on PA roads?
     
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  14. Nov 23, 2009 at 9:22 AM
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    I snapped a torsion bar on the pontiac hitting a pothole.
     
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  15. Nov 23, 2009 at 11:53 AM
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    I bet there's a good story to this one.
     
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  16. Nov 23, 2009 at 11:57 AM
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    Not really....I went really fast backwards, lost control, and hit a fence. :eek: The weird part was.....The fence post was stuck between the bumper, and the bed. Sticking up. :confused:
     
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  17. Nov 23, 2009 at 12:04 PM
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    That sucks. Trying to be like Marty McFly?
     
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