Front passenger tire slanting outward

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brilis

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I was looking at my 1998 EB Expy yesterday and noticed the front passenger side tire is facing a bit outward, not much just a little bit. I wasn't on a perfectly level surface but nothing that uneven. The driver side front tire seems to be perfectly straight. The truck drives straight with no pulling at all. Just wondering if this was normal, what to have checked, etc.
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brills, I would check your upper ball joint for play. After that, I would lift the front tire in question off of the pavement and then placing your hands on the sides of the tire, attempt to turn the front wheel from outside the truck. If you get some play, then you have a bad wheel bearing/hub. If you suspect a bad bearing/hub, when you drive straight, you may feel a slight hum in the truck, when you turn left at speed (say 55 mph), the hum will remain. BUt, if you do a quick lane change at speed, you will feel the hum go away. This confirms the bad bearing/hub.
 

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i think you mean camber FREEWAY
 
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Thanks guys for the info.
 
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