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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 07:24 AM
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Hello,

I have a 12' 5.0 and have all of a sudden some suspension issues develop over the past week or 2.

Seems like I have a bunch of bump-steer now(tierods?) The steering feels floaty(struts?) and when ever I go over bumps or ruts in the road they throw me all over the place.

I took it to ford and passed there inspection and they said everything was tightened down to spec and they didn't see any damage. They did an alignment check and I am at -1.5 camber. They suggest putting in camber bolts to see if this helps. I do have uneven tire wear on the inside, but never have experience this sort of driving condition in a car before just from have negative camber.

Any ideas? Could this be the issue, It feels like my whole steering rack is loose or something?
Old Sep 17, 2014 | 11:50 AM
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A little more information about your car would be helpful. Are you running stock springs/struts? Have you removed or replaced anything lately?

I had a similar experience last winter. Turns out that my car was hit in a parking lot hard enough to knock the toe alignment out of whack. I have heard of some people with power steering problems, but I don't know much about it.
Old Sep 17, 2014 | 05:54 PM
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-1.5° is not the problem. You could try rotating the tires? Bumping up the tire pressure?Confirm that the toe angle is 0°.

There was some sort of TSB about the front control arm bushings, which could conceivably cause issues, but you said Ford checked all of that...
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