Posted by Keith in Washington [172.71.147.82] on Monday, April 08, 2024 at 13:35:53 :
In Reply to: Re: Tires posted by Steve in Friday Harbor [108.162.245.104] on Sunday, April 07, 2024 at 02:22:06 :
Steve. My personal opinion. I would not be worried about the wheel bearings, tie rod ends. The knuckle bearings should be fine. The steering box will see a little more stress along with the drag link ends but they should be OK. I would make sure that the tie rod and drag link ends are basically new and make sure that all the wheel and knuckle bearings are adjusted correctly. If not, then there will be slop in the system and that could allow for a death wobble, which the bigger tires would wobble a bit more. I have seen the death wobble once in these trucks. It was in my WC53 when I first got it. It had bad tires and the entire steering system was very badly worn. Not a hint of it after it was rebuilt.
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