it they couldnt alignment right they would have told you, or should have. Take it back.

Ok I will take it back. But i read up on steering pull and it can be a number of things. Im gonna have them diagnose it. I hope it was only a bad job. Hopefully it isnt a collapsed bushing or something stupid

Once you have the alignment figured out, or whatever is causing your Monty to not track straight and true, I'd suggest adding a steering stabilizer. Do it AFTER the pulling issue is corrected, otherwise adding a steering stabilizer could mask what's really causing it. I added one to my swb Monty, and it helps keep it on track pretty well. The swb ones can tend to wander and jump around, especially on bumpy or irregular pavement. But with the steering stabilizer and larger tires (265/70-16), it actually rides quite nice and stable.

...on the other hand, with 33's on my Raider, my steering and 'wander' (non-existent) were nil after removal of the Rancho stabilizer I had added, 99000 miles turned under my butt yesterday.

A properly set up Gen1 SWB is quite stable and does not need a steering stabilizer. I would think that a LWB would track even better. I do have relatively new control arm bushings, ball joints and idler arm bushings installed.

With larger-than-stock tires, it is helpful to set camber to 0? and properly adjust caster and toe. Caster should be about 3.0-3.5? (limit 4.0?) on the left side and about 0.5? more on the passenger side. IIRC, mine is set at 3.5?L/4?R.

Frank

I switched the front toirs around and my alignment switched so idk whats going on. I have uneven tires

Assuming the tires are the same brand with the same mileage, there is likely uneven wear caused by improper front end alignment or front end wear - or one of the tires is bad.

Put the rear tires on the front and vice/versa - see what happens. If the rear tires have been on the rear of the vehicle for a while, odds are that the wear is even and you'll see if that stops the pulling/wandering.

Frank

I checked the rear tires and they are still uneven. that's because i just rotated them like around 2 weeks prior the alignment. I dont know if the rears are wearing evenly also. I might have something bent in the rear.

If you have anything bent in the rear the alignment shop should have let you know about it.

It sounds like you're dealing with a tire pull - the only fix is to keep trying different combinations of tires on the front end until you find a pair that drives straight. By the time you are ready to rotate your tires again in 7500 miles, your rear tires will hopefully have evened out their wear patterns - assuming you have them correctly inflated and don't have any problems like worn shocks that would cause them to wear unevenly.

Either that or get some new tires. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

ok


Im gonna start a new thread on my monte. Its gonna help me diagnose all the problems im having right now