19 Feb 98 11:55, Joel Heckman said this about Re: Truck steering column. to 
Landon Robinson.
 JH>
 ->> I have another question for you.  All the roads are "crowned" here
 ->> (it rains alot) my truck has a twin i-beam front suspension and when
 ->> I am on a "crowned" road I have to turn the steering wheel to the
 ->> left to make it steer straight. On a flat road it steers fine.  Is
 ->> this normal of is the front end wearing out?  It's the same truck the
 ->> '77 Ford F-250 2wd.
 JH>
 JH> Actually, from what I know, that is normal for any car.  Every car
 JH> that I've ever driven on a crowned road pulls to the right on that
 JH> particular road, but tracks normal on non-crowned roads.
Most paved and some gravel roads have a crown.  Some more or less than 
others.  An alignment shop can compensate for the crown.  If the I-beam 
frontend is worn, it won't do much good though..
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