Alignment and offroading
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I'm pretty sure you don't as long as you don't break something or have any really hard hits that may loosen parts.
yes you ahve to worry about it, no you dont have to have your truck aligned everytime you hit the dirt.
its possible you can knock it out of align, but its not that easy. your truck will handle it very well for a while. like he said above, if you start getting shakes in the wheel, your truck pulls to one side or something like that, yeah take it in have it fixed.
its possible you can knock it out of align, but its not that easy. your truck will handle it very well for a while. like he said above, if you start getting shakes in the wheel, your truck pulls to one side or something like that, yeah take it in have it fixed.
I would bet your old car was front wheel drive.
Some shops will sell an unlimited alignment deal. They are expensive, but not as expensive as getting an alignment done every 6 months.
I got one from a Goodyear shop for $295. Sometimes I went in once a month. Other times only once every 6 months. It really paid for itself.
Some shops will sell an unlimited alignment deal. They are expensive, but not as expensive as getting an alignment done every 6 months.
I got one from a Goodyear shop for $295. Sometimes I went in once a month. Other times only once every 6 months. It really paid for itself.
Front wheel drive vehicles are notorious for being out of alignment. Since the power wheels are also the steering wheels, they get tweaked very easily. The mechanism is rather fragile.
Fortunately, a 4x4 vehicle has a transfer case and not a CV joint. This allows power and steering without the fragility of front wheel drive vehicles.
Just to be clearer, when I did get my alignment done once a month, it was barely out. Wouldn't even have caused poor tire wear. I just did it cause I could. And I felt better after pounding the truck on rocky trails.
Fortunately, a 4x4 vehicle has a transfer case and not a CV joint. This allows power and steering without the fragility of front wheel drive vehicles.
Just to be clearer, when I did get my alignment done once a month, it was barely out. Wouldn't even have caused poor tire wear. I just did it cause I could. And I felt better after pounding the truck on rocky trails.
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u-joints are a sealed system, you don't need a boot to cover them, just like the drive shaft dosen't have boots cover on them.
a cv-joint is not sealed. hence the reason for the boot. the reason they use a cv joint is because it as a greater articulation then a u-joint. u-joints tend to bind at greater angles.
cv- joints don't. even the ones at the front diffs are cv's. but i've been wrong before, so if anyone got a pic of u-joints on there fronty's front half shaft, i would like to see them.
a cv-joint is not sealed. hence the reason for the boot. the reason they use a cv joint is because it as a greater articulation then a u-joint. u-joints tend to bind at greater angles.
cv- joints don't. even the ones at the front diffs are cv's. but i've been wrong before, so if anyone got a pic of u-joints on there fronty's front half shaft, i would like to see them.
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