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mike
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1/04/2001
17:37:05

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Hey- within the past four months that I've owned my Dakota (a 97) it has gone out of alignment twice. So the other day i was checking the front tire pressure to see if that had anything to with it, when i noticed that the right front tire (they are all Goodyear Wranglers) has a standard load rating, when all of the others are extra load. The truck has been pulling to the right both times its come out of alignment, and thats the side with the oddball tire. I was just wondering if that had anything to do with alignment, and if not, what would cause the truck to come out of alignment twice in such a short period of time. thanks



commish
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1/05/2001
02:26:40

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why would you have miss matched tires on the frount . yes it would put it outta whack not to mention put stresss on all the sterring as well



mike
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1/05/2001
06:59:16

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thats the way the truck came, the previous owner had something to do with them being mismatched



95DakotaV8
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1/10/2001
07:19:47

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If the tires are nearing their end, I would replace them. I bought my 95 Dakota used (second owner) and the front tires edges were bald, and the rear tires center were bald.

I would have the whole steering system checked though, might have a bent tie rod or something b/c unless you are smacking curbs or doing some serious banging off-road, should not have that problem.

BTW, my truck tracks straighter than my wifes 99 minivan!

KJR

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1/10/2001
10:02:48

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If it means anything to you, my '97 had mis-threaded tie-rod ends from the factory. The alignment was out of whack after about 1000 miles. My local Dodge dealer replaced them at the first 1500 miles checkup and i've had no problems since.

Bernd D. Ratsch
1997 Dodge Dakota SLT
Supercharged w/Nitrous

BOB MARKOVICS
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3/18/2001
14:58:55

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MY 97 DAKOTA HAS HAD 8 ALIGNMENTS AND EVERY 3-4 K I ROTATE YET STILL THERE ARE BALD MARKS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES, DODGE TELLS ME IT IS I WHO HITS POTHOLES, I SAY NO CAN YOU HELP BECAUSE DODGE SHIFTS THE PROBLEM TO ME ..... NOTE FRONT TIRES ONLY



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