Truck Pulls to the left at times and i feel a slight vibe in the seat...ideas?

well, it drives great, so I'm not really concerned, honestly. They have those new hunter machines, visualiner or whatever they're called, that's why i just went ahead and decided to take it to them.

I would just really like to see an accurate printout is all, but I guess if it rides well, then don't worry about it...

I also have spidertrax 1.25" spacers on and was worried about vibrations and wheel wobble, but everything seems great.

 

well the pepboys at home must not of had a hunter machine cuz their terrible. Thats why i'm going to a shop here in Motown that has all hunter machines and they are road force balancing mine again for free

 

check you brakes. if the caliper pins or pistons are seized it will cause a pull and vib

 

it pulls and vibes w/o braking

 

ok but that doesnt mean that they are not seized. if the LF caliper is stuck on then it is slowing the LF wheel more than the RF. that would cause the truck to pull to the L. over time the rotor would heat up and cause a vib just driveing down the road. i have seen it a number of times.

 

i will have the shop check that out as well

 

do you think my ebrake could cause this? Cuz it really doesn't work anymore and is really hard to pull

 

well i engaged and then disengaged my e brake about 5 times and then when i parked i left it one to un seize it and it seemed to drive ok but i was on a really bumpy country road, so idk.

 

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i dont think that the ebrake on the rear would cause a pull. i could cause a vib. if you take to ebrake pivots out and clean them up the will work good again.

 

is there a write up anywhere on how to check these above mentioned items?

 

not that i know of. pull the front wheels and take some channel locks and try to squeeze the pads back away from the rotor. if they move then your good. put the wheels back on and make sure you pump up the brake pedal before you move the truck. if they dont move then more than likely its the inside lower piston that is seized. go to the local parts store and get remaned front calipers that come with new pin. if the pistons are good and you need to replaced the pads make sure you are careful tacking the pins out . sometimes that get stuck in the caliper you will have to try to beat them out and get new ones.

 

well it wasn't my brakes (although i do need to tighten my e brake) and they re road forced them for free and did an alignment that shows why my truck would pull to the left

Before:

Camber: LF=0.0 RF=0.5
Caster: LF=1.4 RF=2.2
TOE: LF=.06 RF=.17
TOTAL TOE= .23
STEER AHEAD= -.05

AFTER:

CAMBER: LF=.2 RF= .5
CASTER: LF=1.8 RF=2.1
TOE: LF=.03 RF=.02
TOTAL TOE= .05
STEER AHEAD= .01

truck doesn't pull to the left anymore and the steering is def tighter than before. I still have some vibes here and ther, but i guess that is just the heavier tires

 

Nice! Glad to hear you got it sorted out.

 

just one more question. What psi do you guys think i should set my tires at? I'm not going to do the chalk line test lol but i have all 4 set around 32 psi at the moment but my gauge reads to tenths as well and their all between 32 flat and 32.5 after driving a little bit in 50 degree weather.

 

I'd fill them pretty high (like near the max it lists on the side) for on road driving for maximum mpg, then air down for off road.

 

well i don't want it to ride like a dump truck haha and the max for mine is 50 psi which would be way to high

 

I dropped mine off at pepboys again this morning. It had started to pull to the left a bit and felt like it was walking on the highway some. So, I told them to set it at 0, 0, and 2.4. He said 2.4 was too high on the caster, so I had to explain that it was lifted and the UCAs were not in stock position as a result.

Hopefully he understood and is doing what I asked. We'll see.