we still have several good independent shops around .

Took it back to the alignment shop. They aligned it again... still wobbles. Has to be a bad steering rack that wasn't rebuilt correctly???

Tires are my guess if they're below half tread.

new or re-manufactured rack ?

sounds like you need to go back to the guy who installed the rack

could swap wheels just to rule out the wheels if you have a set that will fit.

They aren't and it was fine before the rack was installed, but drove 40 miles after the rack was installed fine too until it was aligned....



re-manufactured, its going back there tonight.

in a recent rant about crap parts he was complaining about 5 bad re-manned racks in a row , it didn't come from advanced auto did it ?

NAPA

Got me. Must be something they changed like your thinking.

Most times its tires or stabilizer.

I wonder who's part Napa is rebranding in a blue box

I got a thermostat the other day was a Motorad from napa in a napa box,that was Wednesday last week
Monday morning the guy I talked to when I had to pull it out cause I wasn't getting enough heat said they alwasy sell the oem temp well I pulled it out and found the box for it sure enough it was a 170* thermostat but OEM is 195*

thankfully the guy I talked to later Monday morning new how to run the computer better than the guy earlier in the morning and returned the 170 and sold me the 195 for 3 dollars more I put the new 195 in and am getting more heat

had to do it twice and the second time the 3 dollar gasket they were out of stock on so had to get the 8 dollar gasket that did the same thing the 3 dollar gasket did , because their minimum stock seems to be all screwed up.

The guy that did the test drive after the alignment could have smashed a curb and ruined a tire, and doesn't want to own up to it.

Tires have been rotated since. I don't think that's the problem.

The alignment shop don't replace parts? Trying to understand the driving back and forth?

You have said the tires have been rotated so that can't be it. Have the tires been rotated back to where they started?

I know I have had issues when the lines get crossed when a newbie installed power steering on a rod we were building in the shop I was at. It caused the same issue but didn't matter how fast you were going

He couldn't do the rack as he tore his rotator cuff at the alignment shop.

The tires have been rotated, then rotated, then rotated again.

Both these shops have been solo shops with the owner doing all the work for over 45 years each, no newbies.

Welp....I'm out of ideas

lol, so am I Chad!

Hope you can get this mess straightened out soon! It'll sure be interesting to hear what the problem was.

Wobble on the front can be a number of things with some being more pronounced than others

Bad Ball joints, bad shocks, steering arms, connecting rods on the steering arms. Wheel bearings, tire weights, bad tire's doubt either one of these as you have fixed them.

Bad steering box, these wear out a lot on short based trucks and jeeps, bent or off camber shocks

Ball joints are usually the biggest problem along with the steering linkages all worn out. With all tie rod ends worn loose,

Could be the steering linkage from the inside engine area is loose, some times they are never ever even mentioned as being worn out or loose.

If you have spacers on the rig, bad hits on the curbs or chuck holes and cause them to move just enough at high speed to throw the balance out on the tire.

Thanks Grit. I'll mention those things and see if they have checked them, I know they have checked a lot of stuff.

Carpooled years ago with a guy and his Camero would do that until stomped on the brakes. Finally found out was tie rod ends on steering were about to come apart.