iamtherealJayy
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- Joined
- Nov 26, 2021
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- Location
- Tennessee
- First Name
- Jacob
- Truck Year
- 1987, 1978, 1976
- Truck Model
- V20, K10, K10
- Engine Size
- 350, 350, 350
I’ve been driving my 1983 K5 blazer (5.3/4L60E/NP208, 6” lift, 15x12MT, 35x12.50r15) pretty much everyday, and there’s a weird steering issue I’ve never experienced before. Sometimes it’s driving perfectly fine with little to no wander and other times I’ve having to constantly over correct it back and forth and have a hard time keeping it in one lane. I did not install the lift but I’ve done a pretty decent once over and I haven’t noticed anything wrong. I retorqued all the ubolts and a couple were loose but no improvement. New upper and lower balljoints, tie rod ends, drag link, it has not had a proper alignment but when I did the tie rod ends I never moved the wheel I left it sitting on the ground and adjusted the new to drop right in where the old was. Guy before me daily drove it as a diesel until he snapped the crank and said it didn’t have any issues steering. It has like almost a bump steer but not quite? It’s more like say you’re going down a road and there’s a long patch on the passenger side and the wheel drops slightly for the different height it’ll start pulling that way? But going down a bumpy road the wheel doesn’t jerk all around? The wheel also doesn’t return to center properly someone mentioned that being new balljoints and it’ll wear in?