offroading mess up your alignment?
07-04-2003, 10:14 AM
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offroading mess up your alignment?
well can offroading mess up your font end allignment? cause it looks like i need one all of a sudden after i went offroading about 2 weeks ago.
07-04-2003, 11:12 AM
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Mine's fine. I haven't had an alignment in probably 5 years and it tracks straight and the tires wear fine. I'd say as long as you take it easy and don't jump it, the alignment should be fine.
07-04-2003, 12:20 PM
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I just re-read my post and it's a little misleading. What I meant to say is that mine has been fine after off roading, but yours might need an alignment. I don't know, did you hit something hard? When was your last alignment? Is your tire(s) wearing funny? What are your symptoms?
07-04-2003, 12:30 PM
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Not yet, thats one of the things I love: slow crawling on some crazy trail, then smooth on the freeway at 80+ 
It makes me hesitant to lift it and lose the nice freeway ride, I'm already hitting some decent trails with stock setup, maybe just need some sliders
It makes me hesitant to lift it and lose the nice freeway ride, I'm already hitting some decent trails with stock setup, maybe just need some sliders
07-04-2003, 01:16 PM
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I don't know which gen 4Runner you have, but my 2nd gen has 1 alignment in the past 5 years and still tracks true and has no significant tire wear. It's averaged a couple of trips a month, dirt roads, trails, and rough trails, but no rock crawling.
Maybe you just need to get it set correctly.
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If it's a 2nd gen, you might need your idler arm replaced (I'm on my 3rd).
Maybe you just need to get it set correctly.
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If it's a 2nd gen, you might need your idler arm replaced (I'm on my 3rd).
07-04-2003, 01:27 PM
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when i hit something hard my alignment was still good but my steering wheel had to be turned like 60 degrees and that was straight... just used a steering wheel puller, pulled it off, and put it back on and its pretty good
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07-04-2003, 01:31 PM
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Originally posted by gwhayduke
If it's a 2nd gen, you might need your idler arm replaced (I'm on my 3rd).
If it's a 2nd gen, you might need your idler arm replaced (I'm on my 3rd).
07-05-2003, 12:02 PM
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no i haven't hit it very hard at all. i don't know when it had its last alignment because i just bought it like 2 months ago. and it only seems to have noticable wear on the inside of the drivers side tire. yeah its a second gen 94. and it doesn't ride rough at all or anything. i guess i'll just take it to les schwab today and see what they say it is. i hope it isn't the idler arm. well thanks everybody.
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