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7/18/19: After posting my ”Wondering Truck” issue on “Stovebolt”, one of the first things that was suggested was tire pressure. Did I ever check the pressures since we got the truck In February? No, Duh! How stupid I feel. In my defense, the tires were new when we bought the truck, they looked properly inflated and they looked good. Not much of a defense. “Guilty as charged” of improper tire maintenance. Logic dictated that was the first place to start.The pressures were all over the place from 24 PSI To 39 PSI. After checking a suggested website for tire pressures that you could punch in your particular tire, size and load rating, I decided that 26 PSI was a good place to start.

My grandson (who has never added air to a tire) and I, set the tire pressures at 26 PSI. I did the first to show him how it’s done and he did the rest. Another test drive with my grandson riding shotgun proved that it helped immensely. As HRL (Hot Rod Lincoln) once said in one of his responses to my post, I’m no longer “herding the truck down the road“. I still have way too much play in the wheel, so the next step also suggested by this forum, is to adjust the steering box. So a trip to Wally World for a fish scale is in order.

The truck tracked perfectly straight down the road when I let go of the wheel, but seemed like it had a bit of understeer. After posting my success on “Stovebolt”, it was suggested by adding a pound or two might help with the understeer. I have that gut feeling inside, that this is only the tip of the iceberg, but I have to start somewhere, so I give it a try!