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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 11:56 AM
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alignment issue

hey i have a 1990 4 runner sr5 it pulls hard to the left i went to shop for alignment on the lft frnt caster they could only get it to -4.8 and the sai is 18.2 on lft and 17.7 on rt can someone help
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 11:01 AM
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smeting i bnt
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 11:20 AM
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Something bent or no good, tie rods, steering box, idler and pitman arms, entire frontend needs to be checked.
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 12:04 PM
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Any decent alignment shop should be able to tell you why it isn't able to be aligned (and probably try to sell you the fix). Maybe time to find a new shop?
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 12:15 PM
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Yeah they said something may be bent but couldn't tell what lol it took them 4hrs to do it
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 12:53 PM
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Definitely time for a new shop in my opinion.
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 01:43 PM
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Just had a dif place look at it, the suspension cross member is bent and maybe lower control arm also
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