Originally Posted By: cchase
I'd love to find a good alignment shop. Sometimes I wonder about the ball joints and tierod ends on my truck but every place kept telling me they were still okay. With 370k miles I don't know how they are.
A good quick test for tie rod ends is to have someone wiggle the steering wheel back and forth rapidly about 1-2 inches, and the other guy looks under the car for parts that are moving, or have slop. There should be no play at all.
I'd love to find a good alignment shop. Sometimes I wonder about the ball joints and tierod ends on my truck but every place kept telling me they were still okay. With 370k miles I don't know how they are.
A good quick test for tie rod ends is to have someone wiggle the steering wheel back and forth rapidly about 1-2 inches, and the other guy looks under the car for parts that are moving, or have slop. There should be no play at all.
