Allignment Woes

[PaulSula]

Ok I just want to preface this with the following..."I really do not think that the cornfed lift has anything to do with the pulling of my truck." Ok now that I have that out of the way, after installing the lift, I noticed that the 4runner pulled hard to the right. I took it in for an allignment at the dealership and they said that something must be wrong with the caster. The truck still pulled a little to the right and now had a slight vibration when driving at speeds between 50-60 mph. They asked me if the runner had ever been in a wreck and I said no. (I bought the car used from a toyota dealership. I also ran a history report on it before I bought it and it came up clean) So I asked them if it would be ok to drive it like it is. They said it shouldn't be a big problem but recommended that I try to get a frame allignment at a body shop. I tried to live with the pulling for a few weeks now, but I am starting to get concerned that i might be ruining my tires. I called a local body shop and they also asked if my truck had been in a wreck. By now I started to think that maybe it had been. They said that it is possible that it was wrecked, frame alligned and the spacer lift threw the whole thing off. I suppose the pull is not that bad, but I just wanted ya'lls opinion on what you think I should do. The local body shops say it would cost upwards of 200 dollars to do the frame allignment. That's a little steep for me. What do you all think? Should I just suck it up and make sure I rotate my tires frequently? Or should I break down and get the allignment?

 

[T133]

I am not sure how bad is yours but I have the experience after cornfed lift.
Not much to care, but it still pulls to the side much worse then the cars I had before (same for the vibration around 50-70mph).

I think it might also be caused by wrong tire pressure (this is something I am planning to check once I get good digital pressure meter).

 

[Expat]

Have you taken it to an alignment specialist as opposed to the dealer?

What about just removing the spacers and see if the problem goes away? Who installed the spacers?

$200 would be well spent and least you'd know what your dealing with.

I don't know anything about your truck so I'm just putting it out there...how old are the tires, could they possibly be out of round, could they have taken a big hit off a curb or while offroading and now out of shape? Likewise can you remember a time hitting something that might have bent a trailing arm or something similar, are the coils properly seated in their top plates and bottom housings? Are all the nuts present and tight on the top plates for the coils - especially the one behind which is hard to see and may have been forgotten about.

Can you get someone else who owns a 4Runner to drive yours to compare the "pulling" you are noticing. Does the pulling happen always or occasionally - many roads have a camber to them which makes cars/truck pull to one side.

Just throwing out ideas.