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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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ok no big problem hear but got my attention, have the dt profab track bar and a set of maxx links for the sway bar. on asphalt truck drives awsome but as soon as i hit gravel road it feals like it works against eachother. it starts pulling left then right again prity significantl any ideas?
 
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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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Slop in the steering gear.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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cant be it hasnt been this bad ever its like theres to much tension on the swaybar links and its forcing it to move
 
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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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Mine did this same thing depending on where the crown of the road was and goin over un-even pavement was down right scary the way it would pull in different directions. The links and trac bar made the truck drive straight over good terrain but I didn't get rid of this pulling in different directions until I changed the steering gear.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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well the stearing wheel seems to fallow when it pulles so it cant be play in the gear can it

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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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How's your steering stabilizer?
 
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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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both new (aftermarket shyjackers) about 5000 miles ago
 
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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 10:34 PM
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The skyjackers would be your steering dampeners if that's what you all are talkin about and ya those could have been the problem but I remembered some past post sayin you already installed those.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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ya im on my secound set i destroid them when i was mudding last time. im goging to take the sway bar links off and see if those are the culprit, when i had the dt track bar centered with the tool they gave me the truck pulled right. when i went oner the gavel road it didnt shift at all. i adjusted the bar out(axle to the right) thinking that would corect the problem it doesnt pull as bad right now but when i go over the same gravel road it shifts right and left constanly. are those maxx sway bar links suposed to be verticaly level because mine are cocked sideways from adjusting the track bar
 
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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The sway bar will move in the mounts to make the links vertical, just shift it side to side to line the links up.

If I'm understanding this right I think I can tell you what the problem is here. The trac bar has to be centered, point blank no way around it, it has to be centered on the frame and axle, that's how it works.

To adjust that pull your referring to the eccentric bolts on the arms are the way to adjust that. they should be about about 2-4 clicks offset. This allows for the natural crown built into all roads.
 
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