alignment question for a bd truck?

ok,thanks^^ i will just check into it a little bit and take it somewhere here in town cause sense its getting nice out and winter is gone soon, i will be driving it on the daily. thanks

all you got to do is get it aligned and your steering wheel will be straight.

You guys all have the right idea, but are leaving out an important part...


When your truck is going straight and your steering wheel is centered, the steering box (or rack) should be in the center of it's mechanical limits. If your steering wheel is off by a spine or 12 you will need to turn the box further one way to center the steering wheel. By aligning the truck to center the steering wheel and not fixing that issue, you will end up with one tie-rod arm being longer then the other. This will cause the wheels to bump-steer differently than each other and make for a very strange driving truck.

Most good alignment shops will check that the wheel and the box are centered before performing the alignment. You can do that same by counting the number of turns it takes from lock to lock and find half way. If your steering wheel is not centered, there is your problem. If it is centered, you need an alignment...BAD!

smart guy biomax, i think i'm gonna try that too cause i've been having alignment problems but i'm too cheep to fork up the cash and let somebody else touch my truck.

Alignment is nothing to be a cheap ass on.

Originally posted by Marshkid1



smart guy biomax, i think i'm gonna try that too cause i've been having alignment problems but i'm too cheep to fork up the cash and let somebody else touch my truck.

That's just stupid. I forgot that buying tires was cheaper then paying for an alignment?? Come on, if you can't put the cash out to align your truck, sell it and buy a Honda.

if everything looks good and your not having any driving problems then put your wheels straight....under the hood where your steering shaft bolts to the steering box you can loosen that up, slide it of turn the steering wheel straight and slide it back on...tighten it back up,most likely when it was bd'd. they just didnt put slide the shaft back in with the wheel straight, no big deal.....and you dont always have to shorten the steering shaft, all depends on the truck and how far its bd'd. so unless your steering is really tight i dont think you have a problem there.