E450 ball joints during alignment
I wanted to add this to the recent "revived" thread about the alignment fix on Fords.....but can't find it now. I'm sad and mad. I took my E450 C to a shop that I thought was honest and competent ...
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Vulcan Rider wrote:sullivanclan wrote:
I'm looking at a class C for purchase with the Ford 450, 2003. During my test drive I questioned the need for an alignment,
The major symptom was wandering all over the road at speeds between about 15 and 45 MPH. Faster than that and it seemed to stabilize some. The other thing was a feeling of being blown OFF the road when a big vehicle overtakes from the REAR.....like being passed by a semi on the Interstate. Some have said the mods help with that too but I'm a bit skeptical about that. Oddly enough, a passing semi from the other direction on a 2-lane road has no such dire feeling.
I have the opposite, once I got up to freeway speeds on my E350 it starts to wander and I have to make constant fine adjustments to maintain a straight line through a corner...
