1986 ford f250 diesel wandering at highway speeds

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04-02-2014, 11:27 PM

4x4manonbroke

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do let us know ... I just bought the wife a KIA Rio ... love it .... fun to drive and all ... not a screemer ... but its not too slow

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04-02-2014, 11:29 PM

Dortiz

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Was a no go, waiting to here back from a guy about this SEBRING, it looks decent enough, and I've worked on them enough for it to be easy, found a cheap new alternator for it for $59.99, the honda was beat to hell and back

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04-03-2014, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by waystro

ok I just bought a 1986 ford f250 6.9 diesel that has not been run since 2006 on the way home it drove fine till about 20 miles than the probleams started. at about 55- it started wandering to the right and left. i could not keep it on the road. a friend said it might be a bad Rotor or tie rod. any ideas. and the truck came from east texas. the underside is coated in mud

It could be a control arm or maybe it needs to be realigned

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04-05-2014, 07:37 PM

4x4manonbroke

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usually the engine leaks a big of oil .... it will go down on the twin beam front end .. killing the bushings .. and yes it could be any number of things ... align and try to see if that fixes the issue .. if not .. I too had to rebuild my entire front end .. did mine in a weekend in the shop .. want too bad but having everything there ready to be assembled was the key .. from rotor to rotor .. its all new on mine now ... the only issue left is the dang rag joint @ steering box ..