Alignment Issues

[ShadowsPapa]

Since this is a SOLID AXLE HOUSING, you can't twist one side more than the other to change caster on one side and not change it on the other.
Take a 2" wood dowel that's a foot long, for example - grab one end and try to twist it and not twist the other end.
Caster is how far the top is turned behind or ahead of the bottom. Since it's a solid tube, you can't move the bottom of one end of the axle forward and not move the other side forward. All you can do is shove the entire end forward or backward - changing the tracking.
If an axle has 4.5 degrees caster on one side and 4.25 degrees on the other side, you can't make one 4.75 and not make the other end 4.5. It will always be .25 degrees apart.
You can shove one entire end ahead or pull the entire end back, but not twist it independently.

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[guitarshredder7]

Since this is a SOLID AXLE HOUSING, you can't twist one side more than the other to change caster on one side and not change it on the other.
Take a 2" wood dowel that's a foot long, for example - grab one end and try to twist it and not twist the other end.
Caster is how far the top is turned behind or ahead of the bottom. Since it's a solid tube, you can't move the bottom of one end of the axle forward and not move the other side forward. All you can do is shove the entire end forward or backward - changing the tracking.
If an axle has 4.5 degrees caster on one side and 4.25 degrees on the other side, you can't make one 4.75 and not make the other end 4.5. It will always be .25 degrees apart.
You can shove one entire end ahead or pull the entire end back, but not twist it independently.

Yeah, I read that after some deep forum searching the other night, I believe you were the one that posted it. I am going to attempt to get a better center on the steering wheel (it is cocked to the right about 2 degrees), and add another degree of caster to both sides.

 

[guitarshredder7]

An update. I have tried re centering the steering wheel. That did not help. I tried the fuse pull trick as well. That did not help. Its a super odd feeling. It is slightly more exaggerated at slow speeds. I'll paint the scenario than upload some videos. At a stop. Clutch in. First gear. Start moving. Steering wheel starts to rotate left until the top center of the steering wheel is at around 10 o'clock. After this is stops. It stays consistent in that same spot. No matter if you speed up, slow down, or keep the same speed. You turn the wheel back to center, it again rotates back to the 10 o'clock position. I checked all my bolts, nuts, axle centering, etc. I understand my castor is a little low and I will fix that, but traveling at 3-5 mph shouldn't be fast enough for castor to have enough leverage to effect the steering THIS much.

 

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[Toyfrog]

My stock Mojave has had a slight pull to the right since driving it off the lot. Messed with tire psi on the factory AT’s and with the new wheels and KO2’s. Took it in yesterday for the first oil change and the tech drove it and said they can’t do anything about it. Never put it in the alignment machine. @JeeP Cares, here I come. ??

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