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clivvy
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well, ive come from cars to 4x4s and I still feel it pulls to one side. i think it depends on your tyres, but camber certainly plays a part. I presume you mean when driving along and letting go of the steering wheel on a flat straight road it goes off to the left?
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1 run your hands over the front tyres - could have a flat spot , ive had new tyres like that too
2 cheack your free wheeling hubs not engaged - see if the drive shafts turn up to half turn when parked up , turn em by hand , if it moves around a bit thats not engaged if its solid it is and you need to look at your hub
3 tyre pressures
4 lift the front passenger side. of the ground with a jack and see if there is any wabble / play in the front passenger side wheel to the front drivers side - this will be idler or ball joint wear but wont give you true tracking.
5 when doing the tracking its important as you have 6 ball joints and idler . you set tracking then shake truck vigorously from side to side use the door for leverage too. you will find you set the tracking then cos it goes right ... when the truck is moved it goes out just because there are so many joints.
so once shaken set it again .
i give mine 3 shakes and its spot on every time
i did a thread on this problem ages ago ill try to find it
2 cheack your free wheeling hubs not engaged - see if the drive shafts turn up to half turn when parked up , turn em by hand , if it moves around a bit thats not engaged if its solid it is and you need to look at your hub
3 tyre pressures
4 lift the front passenger side. of the ground with a jack and see if there is any wabble / play in the front passenger side wheel to the front drivers side - this will be idler or ball joint wear but wont give you true tracking.
5 when doing the tracking its important as you have 6 ball joints and idler . you set tracking then shake truck vigorously from side to side use the door for leverage too. you will find you set the tracking then cos it goes right ... when the truck is moved it goes out just because there are so many joints.
so once shaken set it again .
i give mine 3 shakes and its spot on every time
i did a thread on this problem ages ago ill try to find it
Pull to left
I've had exactly the same problem with my 2004 SWB truck. Fitted 4 brand new General Grabber AT2's and had the tracking re-checked. Now much better, but the vehicle will always pull to the left on any road with a camber. Seems Terrano's are quite sensitive to this?
I've had exactly the same problem with my 2004 SWB truck. Fitted 4 brand new General Grabber AT2's and had the tracking re-checked. Now much better, but the vehicle will always pull to the left on any road with a camber. Seems Terrano's are quite sensitive to this?
