Alignment After Bilstein 5100 Level

Hey All,

I leveled my 21 Limited a few weeks ago with a popular local off road shop. They admitted Tundra’s can be finicky and they do a lot more jeeps and Tacomas. But everything seemed to go well, until I drove it over the following week. I noticed a pretty bad pull to the right. They got it back in the day after I called, checked the alignment (see attached), rebalanced the front tires and swapped the front tires. They were blaming “radial pull”. The pulling is better but the truck still drifts off to the right and now I have a pretty bad vibration in my steering wheel at highway speeds. I don’t know much about alignments but from what I’ve read it seems like we’re still further away than what most on here prefer. Should I get it back in and have them tweak the alignment? Or is it not as far out as I’m thinking? TIA

Not sure if it matters. Wheels are Fuel Vectors 18x9 and tires are Toyo RT Trail 295/70/r18.

 

have you tried rotating the rear to front? still sounds like a tire issue. maybe need a roadforce balance? i have my bilsteins at top settings with shims and no UCA'S and i only have a slight pull. any of the weights fall off ur wheels?

 

I haven't tried rear to front. I dropped it off at the dealership a couple of hours ago to see what they can do and asked them to check the wheel balance too. I've had mixed experiences with the dealer here but I'm hoping they can dial it in before I head out on a fishing trip the end of this week.

If it is a tire issue, what options do I have? I never ran into this issue with my Tacoma or Jeep.

 

Are the wheels hub centric or lug? If they are a lug centric wheel, it's the wheels. Have the tire place torque the wheels while in the air, it can help get them centered better.

 

I had alignment issues (mainly vibration around 60mph) and the dealer twice "aligned" it with that setup where they just slap sensors on the wheels when you roll in. I finally schedule a time with the alignment guy who did it old school on the proper rack, and that fixed all my issues.

 

Got it back from the dealer and have drove it for a couple of days, it still has more camber than I feel like it should. But it drives straight as an arrow now and feels much more responsive and solid. I'll drive roughly 1,000 miles over the weekend so that should be a good test. Thanks for the input everybody!