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Blue J:
I always had both tires toe' in slightly 1/8" or there abouts, not much. For me, I ran Nitto Trail Grapplers which liked to pull slightly left. We tried several things including adding a Fox Stabilizer and found the OEM was better.
Which tires are you running? not all tires are equal. Does it do the same thing if you rotate the back tires to front? How much air are you running? in my 35's every shop would jack up the air to 38-40 psi made it bouncy and drive like crap. For me 32-34psi was much better. and 12-15psi when wheeling. How many miles on these tires? I find newer tires want to drift more until they settle in. The drift seemed to settle down (or I got used to it) after 5,000 miles or so.
I like Moog and Dyntrac ball joints. I think each shop pushes it own favorite ball joint.
tjsahara00:
Did you see a carfax on the Jeep?
On my TJ rock crawler the front axle was slightly
bent/warped and I always thought one tire leaned
a little but it ran straight down the road.
Nu2Jeeps:
--- Quote from: Blue J on November 18, 2019, 08:20:57 AM ---I always had both tires toe' in slightly 1/8" or there abouts, not much. For me, I ran Nitto Trail Grapplers which liked to pull slightly left. We tried several things including adding a Fox Stabilizer and found the OEM was better.
Which tires are you running? not all tires are equal. Does it do the same thing if you rotate the back tires to front? How much air are you running? in my 35's every shop would jack up the air to 38-40 psi made it bouncy and drive like crap. For me 32-34psi was much better. and 12-15psi when wheeling. How many miles on these tires? I find newer tires want to drift more until they settle in. The drift seemed to settle down (or I got used to it) after 5,000 miles or so.
I like Moog and Dyntrac ball joints. I think each shop pushes it own favorite ball joint.
--- End quote ---
I am running Nitto Grappler G2s, at 30 psi but was running higher before the shop recommended 30.
before the alignment it looked toed out and after the alignment it still looked that way, very odd to me.
If i adjust the drag link shouldnt it change the positioning of both tires?
the tires are about half used. I dont know how many miles have been put on them but the tread looks to be about half gone, and i did rotate them when i installed the lift.
I did not see a carfax on the jeep, there was something like that online from the dealership and i did not notice any repairs or accidents.
Will:
--- Quote from: Nu2Jeeps on November 18, 2019, 02:16:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: Blue J on November 18, 2019, 08:20:57 AM ---I always had both tires toe' in slightly 1/8" or there abouts, not much. For me, I ran Nitto Trail Grapplers which liked to pull slightly left. We tried several things including adding a Fox Stabilizer and found the OEM was better.
Which tires are you running? not all tires are equal. Does it do the same thing if you rotate the back tires to front? How much air are you running? in my 35's every shop would jack up the air to 38-40 psi made it bouncy and drive like crap. For me 32-34psi was much better. and 12-15psi when wheeling. How many miles on these tires? I find newer tires want to drift more until they settle in. The drift seemed to settle down (or I got used to it) after 5,000 miles or so.
I like Moog and Dyntrac ball joints. I think each shop pushes it own favorite ball joint.
--- End quote ---
I am running Nitto Grappler G2s, at 30 psi but was running higher before the shop recommended 30.
before the alignment it looked toed out and after the alignment it still looked that way, very odd to me.
If i adjust the drag link shouldnt it change the positioning of both tires?
the tires are about half used. I dont know how many miles have been put on them but the tread looks to be about half gone, and i did rotate them when i installed the lift.
I did not see a carfax on the jeep, there was something like that online from the dealership and i did not notice any repairs or accidents.
--- End quote ---
Did the previous owner of the tires say why he was getting rid of them with 1/2 tread left?
Trailabite:
Keith, I didn't put your name to you being Nu2Jeeps lol. It was good meeting you on the trail. I would say that since your tires are half tread I wouldn't do anything until you get new tires. You could be running some Chinese knock-offs or they could have been sitting around for a while and someone swapped them out right before they sold it and kept the good tires, you never know. I would start with new balanced tires and then have the alignment checked. Of course, I'm saying this without having seen the front of your jeep. Try taking a picture and posting it so that we can see what your talking about.
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