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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 05:49 PM
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You'll hate to hear this, alignment. Take it to a different shop. Do you have an AEV Procal to assist in alignment?
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 05:56 PM
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I can't see it being the alignment. 3 diff shops have aligned it and I have seen the spec sheets and all are good. My camber on one side is off some which they say can be fixed with ball joints. No idea if that's true or not. I had no pull until I put the wheels and tires on which makes me think its the tires or maybe even the wheels. Could a bad tire in the rear cause it to pull? I know it's not the front ones I already had those replaced.
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 06:25 PM
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I've seen lifts in the 3-4" area have camber problems. If that is the case, offset ball joints will fix it.

I went through one of these deals with my o6 JKUR. Larger tires and more offset exaggerates the problem. Likewise I had multiple alignments, was assured everything was in spec, new hub centric spacers, replaced the complete suspension and no improvement. Then I went to Les Schwab Tire and they installed offset ball joints. Fixed... That was easy

Did you do the lift work yourself?
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 09:01 PM
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Yeah I believe I'm going with the ball joints next. I had a reputable shop that specializes in jeeps do the lift. An the alignment shop I'm dealing with now also specializes in lifted vehicles the owner has a jeep he rock crawls in. The control arms did improve things but not all the way. Control arms also improved the stability of everything. Just seems like everything is tighter and safer. They advised me to go with offset ball joints to fix the rest of the pull issue. An you say that fixed your pulling issue?
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 09:15 PM
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Yup... It'll fix it. I'd bet my potato on it!

It bothers me that you've had multiple alignments. This is not the shop doing the offset ball joints is it?
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 09:26 PM
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The shop doing the ball joints is the final shop I had do the last alignment who said I needed them. Other alignments were done at other places until I found a shop that actually specializes in lifted vehicles.
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 03:48 AM
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Here's the alignment specs you're looking to get to...

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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 04:40 AM
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There has been a lot of threads covering this sort of thing. Toyos are known for having a slight radial pull to the right....my Toyos tend to pull to the right a little.
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Atch
There has been a lot of threads covering this sort of thing. Toyos are known for having a slight radial pull to the right....my Toyos tend to pull to the right a little.
This right here is what I've found out everything I've done has had minimal effect. They just have a sight pull in the tires for some reason and I've just learned to love with it.
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Atch
There has been a lot of threads covering this sort of thing. Toyos are known for having a slight radial pull to the right....my Toyos tend to pull to the right a little.
This is true. And make sure you have the same air pressure in all the tires. Also, what steering stabilizer are you using? Some of the gas charged units have the tendency to pull to one side
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