front tires arent centered

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blumule
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front tires arent centered

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I was noticing other trucks front tires are more centered in the wheel wells than mine is .mine sit forward more so than others. its a 2 wheel drive with 255 70 15 inch tires. they don't rub but definitely sit more toward front opening. how can I pull them back to center? I did a disc swap several years ago. could this have changed things?
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How did you do the brake swap? Did you change to a different spindle and use Ford parts or did you use a conversion kit that mounts on the original spindle?

If you didn't change the spindle, its' center of rotation would be the same and it couldn't change the position of the wheel.

If you did change the spindle, it theoretically could reposition the wheel. I'm not sure how many different spindles might bolt up and if they would change the wheel position, but if we know what you used someone might be able to measure theirs against it.

Do you have a side photo?
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Interesting. Mine actually looks like it's more toward the rear. Never paid attention till you mentioned it. Check out the first pic in the build thread in my sig.
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yeah I see that. mine doesn't cause a problem.maybe its the fitment of fenders to cab. idk.
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