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Old 08-15-11, 01:39 AM
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Default I need some thought on my suspension issue.

I've been experiencing pull on the high way when the wheels are in deep asphalt grooves. I've recently found inner tire wear but the contol arms seem to be fine with no wheel play. This is on a 2000 GS400 with 43k miles. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! Is it an outer tie rod issue?
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Check your inner tie rods if it has play.
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
Check your inner tie rods if it has play.
No play with the inners
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What does your alignment numbers look like?
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Depending on how your alignment is and what sort of tires you are running your vehicle will 'track' and follow grooves in the pavement..

My old car would track terribly bad as it had an alignment geared more towards racing, and it had some reasonably aggressive tires.
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wow....search this topic, it is never ending. old, multi link suspension = weird handling characteristics. prob. 10 different possible causes.
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