Front tires are angled inwards; buying new BJ's and u-j's
My tires look like this in the front
/----\ It's prettttty bad. So over the phone my mechanic told me he'd do upper/lower bj's and U-j's for 625$ out the door. Does this likely sound like the problem? the truck makes all kinds of goofy noises. NOTHING when stopping/going, but when turning, hitting bumps, in 4x4 etc. He's also gonna check the alignment. Next up, is replacing the shocks |
That's normal for a lifted 250 with IFS... Mine does that when I drive in reverse into a parking spot or something... An alignment wouldn't hurt but I don't think you need to do 700 dollars worth of ball joints... Not sure about noises... could just be shocks...
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Is IFS even possible with a live axle??? lol.
But just sitting in the parking lot right now both of my tires look like the weight of the truck is about to cave in lol |
It is an IFS set up, unless someone swaped a D-60 in there...
One of the worst set ups Ford ever came up with for a heavy duty truck... Get an alinment first, see if that helps, and who ever does your alinment will or should tell you if anything needs replaced. |
How does that work??? Because I can assure you there is a straight axle in the front of the truck... I thought IFS has half-shafts?
So you are telling me that my tires are all looking like they are about to fall off because of an alignment? Not saying your wrong, just confused... |
If its a straight axle, somebody put a D-60 in there because all 250's are IFS...
Yes, on a IFS, it needs to be aligned properly or they will angle like that... If you have a D-60, you have another problem... |
It's IFS like they said, unless someone did a straight axle swap. Take a picture of it. It's called the TTB setups, my rangers all had it. It's actually a strong setup, and a lot of desert racers use it, but they eat tires and balljoints. On a heavy duty truck I'd prefer a straight axle myself.
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Here is a TTB (Twin Traction Beam) front end on a ranger... It looks the same on a F-250 but it has leaf springs rather then coils...
http://www.shockersgarage.com/images...5/IM000001.JPG You can kinda see it in this picture of my old truck with a D-50 IFS in it... http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/45...600x600Q85.jpg |
Originally Posted by 95powersmoker
(Post 733118)
If its a straight axle, somebody put a D-60 in there because all 250's are IFS...
Yes, on a IFS, it needs to be aligned properly or they will angle like that... If you have a D-60, you have another problem...
Originally Posted by Mdub707
(Post 733124)
It's IFS like they said, unless someone did a straight axle swap. Take a picture of it. It's called the TTB setups, my rangers all had it. It's actually a strong setup, and a lot of desert racers use it, but they eat tires and balljoints. On a heavy duty truck I'd prefer a straight axle myself.
Originally Posted by CSIPSD
(Post 733207)
Here is a TTB (Twin Traction Beam) front end on a ranger... It looks the same on a F-250 but it has leaf springs rather then coils...
http://www.shockersgarage.com/images...5/IM000001.JPG You can kinda see it in this picture of my old truck with a D-50 IFS in it... http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/45...600x600Q85.jpg |
TTB is definitly not as strong as a straight axle :c:
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