truck swerved with hard braking
Ok, here is the story. I was driving on the interstate it must have been approaching an uphill. Truck in the right lane moving slow. Another truck moving up on me in the left lane. So I hit the gas to...
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Kayteg1 wrote:bobbolotune wrote:
I am the OP. Thank you for the input.
Something I thought of since I made the original post is that the truck had an alignment problem at the time of this braking incident. The front tires were wearing (very) unevenly. The outer tread on both tires was worn much deeper than the inside. I ended up getting a full set of tires and an alignment.
The truck had always been hard to keep in the lane since when it was new. After many adjustments I finally found out it was this alignment problem. Since the new tires and the alignment the drift problem is gone.
I'm wondering if the alignment problem might have caused the braking problem when I drifted lanes with a very hard brake.
No need to jump on me. I WILL get the brakes checked.
Bad alignment should not pull the truck to the side in heavy braking.
My advise to get the brakes inspected ASAP got deleted, so somebody has different opinions.
You've clearly never had a bad alignment.
