Re: Lowered TY rides like sh*t!!!
BoostedSUV said:
above 50 mine goes straight but lower speeds and un even roads its all over the place. It wasn't terrible with stock wheels but with the 18x9.5 Z06 wheels its a handful. Search the forums, this is an on going issue with many of our trucks so easy with "BS flag".... I've done the research and I'm not alone with this issue.
No offence ment, what I am saying is that the S-10 S-15 in general does not have this problem / problems if all is correct. I have owned many S10's and driven many many more. In fact from 90' to 95' my fathers company fleet vehicles were all S10's, 4cyl. and V6 both and he owned 18 of them at that time. Lots of warranty issues but none steering related. Also the D.O.T. would not allow the sale of a vehicle with inherent steering related issues without recall.
So, if the truck drives ok with stock wheels and suspension but now has issues with aftermatket wheels, tires, spacers / adapters, front rear or suspension mods etc., then it means that SOMETHING that has been changed is not right. If your bone stock truck has issues then there again, something is worn, serviced at one time and done incorrectly (parts or proceedure) or the vehicle has suffered a accident, hit a curb or big pot hole.... you know what I mean.
These trucks were never designed to run the wheel & tire packages that being used now and even though I have not delved into it, it could just be the these heavier, wider, offset wheel tire combos just go beyond the original design limts of acceptable.... it does happen. Example some bikes can be safley / comfortably riden with 200-230 or wider rear tires, some can not. My Softail Harley with a 250 is no problem, my Dyna with a 230 will scare the shit out of you around a corner faster than 30mph due to frame and suspension geomerty, put the stock rear back on and just like glass. I find on that bike that that Avon rear tires are head and shoulders above any others and I have swapped / worn out 7 different manufactures tires. I also find this to be true in passanger car tires as well.
Little things do make a difference also. One bad tire (even new ones can have a defect), wheel (for shure a lot of these "offshore" cast rims), spacer, brake rotor or even hub / spindle will do it. A lot of these cheap ass aftermarket or even the "value" line brand name replacement parts are total crap.
Good example: We had a customer that wanted these type of parts for a low cost (but cool) repair / upgrade and we refused the job, he was a little pissed because we recommend known good (read more expensive) replacement lines and he left. Three weeks later same customer comes in to us complaing the shop that did the work fubared his ride, had it for another week and said that he must have hit something and knocked the front end out. Two front end alighnments later, shaking / shimming, pulling and wandering all over the palce and no one wants to figure it out so now he's back because he knows we do good work. We tell him we can diagnose it but it's $55 per hour and we work till we find it, sorry but that's the labor rate even if it is "someother shops fault" and of course he knows this since we have done custom work for him in the past and he agrees.
Fast forward, .... after all the usual checks and double checks of alighnment, balance etc. one of my tech's comes in with a big grin on his face and says "you gotta see this". My first thought is a bad wheel since he had new ones to go on the car after the brake work, but they did chekc out ok on the balancer? Nope! His new made in Taiwan cool looking drilled and slotted rotors from E-gay! One rotor flange was so far off that the car was about to vibrate of the lift with the trans in gear and wheels turning at idle (prolly 20 on the speedo, no load).
Moral of the story? Do you have non stock "value line" replacement parts on your car? It may not even be you, could be from a previous owner from who knows how long ago or what they did / used.
Ask Hood, Mike, Waller, Jeff or any one that knows, I'm sure they will be happy to chime in on the "low down" of value line offshore parts :tdown: .
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James
