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Old 02-05-2007, 02:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Squiddy View Post
So, I went to the shop (normally trustworthy, but starting to suspect not so great at complex stuff) and asked to do alignment. They said they couldn't as lower ball joints were bad. These had in fact been replaced by Toyota about 3000 miles previously (during steering rod recall), so I took it back to Toyota dealership, who looked it all over and said (at pain of owing me a lot of dough if anything goes wrong) all looked fine, and were stumped. Looks fine to me too. Any ideas? This all occurred after putting in new shocks, sway bars, bushings, tires, etc.
I'm with Gonzo, just have the dealer align and you should be good to go, unless we missed something. Is it pulling or drifting that you forgot to tell us.
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