Crooked steering wheel

Turbogoat324 said:

Hey guys! This last weekend I took the truck out to the desert for some camping and offroading. Before going I had installed some SVC outter tie rods and once I was done the wheel was crooked so I got an alignment and it drove straight with a straight wheel. After getting off the trail last weekend my wheel is crooked back to the same spot as before the alignment. The 12 o’clock stripe is now in the 1-2 o’clock position. I checked underneath and although I did find a torn cv boot, I don’t see any impact or bends in any tie rods. The truck still drives pretty darn straight. The trail wasn’t anything crazy with only a few bigger bumps, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas? I can’t imagine the rack skipped a tooth but anyway to check? Or should I just get it realigned? Thanks for any insight!

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PorterW1111 said:

it sounds like a "loose" lower control arm bolt. Its likely that the alignment shop didnt get the lower adjustment bolt as tight as possibly needed and the lower arm moved. this is a very common side effect of off roading with factory lower alignment bolts. it is highly recommended to either do alignment cams, or a full slot delete/uca if you want to make sure it never moves again.

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CoronaRaptor said:

Sound advice!! Shouldn't need the slot delete for going camping though, lol

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Turbogoat324 said:

I actually have the sdhq cam alignment tabs but would a loose alignment tab on the control arm effect the steering wheel position? I thought that was more due to tie Rods?

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