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Well to update this thread. I all but removed any wandering I was having by adding one round of Toe to the tie rod. I found that the wheel/tire with the 1/4" runout actually had a flat spot on it. It is now my spare. Drives like a different truck! Thanks guys for your input on this problem and...

Here's another one for ya Gimp Dirt

Well, I didn't check the toe before I did the mod, so I don't really know where I am with that. On the wheels, I had my machinist friend cut the wheels on his HUGE lathe just next to the weld. I didn't have enough riveted wheels to completely follow your exact description, but I feel mine have...

BTW Jesse I really like your ideas and am bound and determined to make this one work.:-D Dirt

In theory the extra scrub seems to be causing a toe out condition. It wasn't an issue with the original wheels but seems to be now. You being a suspension man will know that toe out causes wandering. I'm thinking that if my toe in was set to neutral or "0" before the wheel mod that the scrub is...

Here is a pic of the truck with the wheels. Tires are G177 1100r20's. I do feel that increasing the toe will help with the wandering. I checked the runout of the wheels with a pointer they were all within 1/8 of an inch. I checked with the tires mounted and at the tread I had one that was on the...

Hey Guys, I did the "Jesus Gatos" center flip on the wheels. Here is what I found. After a test drive I found that the handling was terrible. It wandered all over the road. I also found that even a little axial wheel runout causes a steering shake. The added scrub radius is causing the wandering...