Bilstein 5100 w/ OME 885

Check for a broken belt in a tire,you wont notice it when the tire is on the truck,but when you take it off and put it on a wheel balancer and spin it,it will show up,it will look like its egg shaped,and that will cause it to pull real bad,also a bad wheel bearing heating up or a brake caliper sticking just a little will do this,if the front end checked good and its in align ,then there shouldn't be any pulling to either side if it,often though tire shops will over look a bad tire,and even front end shops sometimes wont check for this problem,they think if the tires look good then their alright,if you don't find it in none of that re-ask the question and we,ll figure it out,good luck on it.,,PS try looking over the whole front end of this truck and see if there's any play in any thing at all,it don't take much play in a tie rod end to make one pull,it has to be something in the front on that side causing that,if i could see it i could find it.

 

they are brand new tires and I did have them rotated and balanced about a month ago but i have had the issue since the day it was installed. I am sure they didnt inspect the tires when they rotated them. When i look at the truck dead on i can see that the camber is off. I will take some pics and post them up this evening and see if yall can find anything out of the ordinary.

 

tire pressure is equal? any brake drag? check wheel bearing

 

I havent checked on the tire pressure at all but I just assumed that it was all the same because i havent adjusted them at all. I had them put on and left alone. not to sure about the break drag.

 

Toyota is hit or miss. In my experience, they balk anytime they have to work on a modified vehicle and default to "there's nothing we can do, that's what happens when you alter the factory suspension."

I've had good luck with Firestone. Best time to go is a weekday morning when they don't have a line of cars out the door.

 

I actually had my last allignment done at firestone.

 

Many alignment shops will refuse to deal with ANYTHING but stock specs. With a lifted truck you generally need more caster than a stock vehicle. It's best to shoot for 3 degrees + caster once you lift anywhere near 3". Some trucks will pull left or right unless the camber is set to compensate for road crown. It takes an alignment tech that really knows his business and not just a trained monkey.

 

yea i kinda think there is nothing but trained monkeys doing alignments here. i would see If i can find a different place around here to check it out.

 

no offroad shops?

 

there are some about a hour from where i live and I will be making some calls to see if they can look it all over

 

I talked to a friend who does maintenance on fire trucks (Louisville Fire Dept) He sent me to a shop that does over-the-road semi's, fire trucks, and race cars.....They did my alignment and did it to my specs, test drove it and made a suggestion on camber that made my truck almost drive itself....

 

i can let my truck take curves without touching the steering wheel

 

What are your specs, if you don't mind me asking? I'd like to get mine a little more honed in.

 

do you have stock uca's?

 

for the price of this setup with new ucas I can get the bil 6112/5160 setup. Put it on second or third notch without UCAs (2.25" lift") and have a much better ride. Think I'm going that route instead.

 

Yes

 

talked to a off road shop and the told me about a alignment shop that they only deal with for all of their vehicles so I will give them a try.

 

Does anyone have pictures or a thread that can show what was needed to get trimmed to fit 33's with a 5100/887/LR UCA/ Dakar? Thanks TW fam

 

just a update. I took my truck to the Toyota dealer where I bought the truck from. I left it with them while I was at work to get the alignment done. When I got there after 8 hours at work they still have no finished with it. The tech had it on the rack 4 different times and after he aligns it he will do a test drive and it was always still off. They told me to bring it back. The next day I dropped it off and they put it on the rack 6 more times. they still didn't get it figured out and they told me to bring it back when I get a chance. Since then I have sold my tires for some different ones just to try it out. They did make my ride quality so much better and slightly fixed the pull to the right. I have some days off soon so I will take it back there to have it checked out again.

 

@spiker12 might be time to get some LR UCA's if you haven't yet. as for the Toyota, man it's going to be a hit or miss and it looks like, that Toyota dealership has been a total miss. did they even provide with you with a before and after numbers for camber, toe and caster?