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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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Draggin to the RIGHT?

have a 06 Dodge Crew Cab 4x4. I installed a 2" leveling kit with 295's Toyo MT's. Had a alignment and tires balanced. But the truck pulls to the right. Recently did a tire rotation, helped a little but never cured it.
I talked to another guy with a lifted Dodge. Said he said he had the same prob. And he heard all Dodges do this once lifted. Is there a solution?
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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i have the same thing going on with mine i heard that a better steering stabilizer helps or fixes it
i did whats in my sig
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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Same deal. Two inch spacers and it pulls to the right.
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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Same problem here
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:12 AM
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Ditto! Two inch leveling kit & pulls to the right. Took it to Les Schwab for an allignment and was told it's a common problem on Dodges. After the allignment it still has a slight pull. Service guy tried to sell me offset ball joints?
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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Me too! 2" Leveling Kit and pulls to the right. My 22.5" setup helped with the problem some, but still pulls. Had allignment and everything is good. Hope someone chimes in with some answers.
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Performance
Hope someone chimes in with some answers.
I got an answer but you are not going to like it, Take the leveling kits out!!!!
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by CrooksB
Ditto! . . . Les Schwab Service guy tried to sell me offset ball joints?

What's up with offset ball joints? They wanted to sell this to me also. I do not have a lift or leveling kit, but do have bigger tires (295's) and mine pulls pretty hard to the right. I have not had it aligned yet. They acted like it was a waste of time without doing the ball joints. Do offset ball joints cure the problem, are there other issues that the offset ball joints will cause?
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 01:07 AM
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Mine, too! But my truck is not lifted - stock suspension. Had alignment done, was good for about a year, now it's drifting again. I blame the bigger tires. I have had several trucks with these KO's on them - definitely makes a difference in sensitivity to road angle. But I wouldn't trade them! If the pull is really slight, you can air down the left front tire by a few pounds, and it will straighten right up.
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 03:11 AM
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I'm planning to get some adjustable ball joints when I get around to rebuilding the front end and installing the hubs. In the mean time a couple of big rubber bungee cords fixed mine. Been that way for at least 30,000 miles now. Nice and straight. After a while the bungees got weak so I replaced them with a big spring. Then that flew off so I got some new bungees and all is well.............for now. At first I just wanted to test how much pull there was and start to see what I might do about it but my "test" worked so well I just let the miles add up. Time to order those parts.

John
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