did the brakes on my truck the other day and found a wheel spacer on the passager side. but not on the drivers side.

pulled it off, ran the truck for a bit and noticed that without the spacer there is a 3* gap in the steering system. put it back on and the gap disappeared.

has anybody else seen or had this done? both of my trucks have this modification. is it a bandaid or is there a better way to do it.

 

Are your trucks lifted?

 

The spacer on one side was Dodge's "Fix" for a common complaint of "pulling while braking" in the early 2nd Gen trucks.

 

my 97 has the same spacer on the passenger side i just leave it and dont mess with, but yes it was dodges way off fixing things, bs in my opinion

 

Many people have removed the spacer and noticed absolutely no difference.
Many times the spacer will get stuck to the back of the rim and moved to a different corner, again with no difference.

 

im glad to see dodge has exceed my expectations again. is there an aftermarket fix to tighten the steering?

 

First you have to find where the play is.

#1 cause on 4X4's is a bad track bar.
This is also common> http://dodgeram.info/tsb/1997/19-10-97.htm

 

lol...yea I wondered 2yrs ago..what in the world is this goofey spacer and then read it was Dodge's "high-tech" way of correcting the steering pull during breaking.

 

took the truck to a mechanic and he told me: new steering dampener and track bar. ball joints and only one of my tires is at replacement spec.

 

I have the spacer also.

Put a Thuren track bar on and what made the biggest difference is the pitmit arm support bearing.
Dan

 

have you guys tried the solid steel setup? or any other suggestions for track bars readily available. was gonna do my front end this weekend

 

IMO, Thuren stuff is worth the wait. Top notch work.