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New gears & bj's now pulls left

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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 08:21 PM
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Default New gears & bj's now pulls left

I just picked my jeep up from the shop today after having new gears and ball joints installed and now the jeep pulls left pretty bad. I took a look underneath but couldn't see anything wrong. Any ideas of what it could be or do I need to take it back to them?
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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 08:43 PM
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Need an alignmnet maybe?
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 07:06 AM
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Bump!
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 07:33 AM
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If you didn't get an alignment while you were there, that could be the issue. If you had an alignment before with a bad ball joint it could be off enough to make it pull. How bad is the pull? Are both control arms the same lengths on each side? Tire pressure all the same? Axle centered?
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by bombout800
If you didn't get an alignment while you were there, that could be the issue. If you had an alignment before with a bad ball joint it could be off enough to make it pull. How bad is the pull? Are both control arms the same lengths on each side? Tire pressure all the same? Axle centered?
The pull is pretty bad at highway speeds. Both control arms are the same length. Tire pressure is all the same. Axle is centered.

I'll have to check the alignment.
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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Just checked the toe and it's good.
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 10:57 AM
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Trail grapplers pull left. If all your alighnment is good you can try dropping 1 or 2 pounds of air out of the front right tire.
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 02:32 PM
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Default wonder if one of the ball joints

didn't seat right in the hole ?? My trail grapplers don't pull any direction btw maybe some do but mine have been on 20,000 miles steers straight . im almost afraid to add the gussets and ball joints now
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 02:40 PM
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What BJ some take awhile to break in
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob 12B1P
Trail grapplers pull left. If all your alighnment is good you can try dropping 1 or 2 pounds of air out of the front right tire.
What he said.

Trail Grapplers pull left. Toyo MTs pull right.

You can offset the pull by either running a little less psi in the tire you need to drag a little, or you can run a gas charged steering stabilizer that is mounted in an orientation that pushes against the pull.

It's the tires. Nothing else...as long as your alignment is good.
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