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Veering Left After Wheeling - Alignment Attached

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Hey Guys and Gals,

Last weekend, I had new tires and wheels installed. It's the first set of large tires that have ever been put on my Jeep. When I drove home, it felt fine. Aside from getting a little used to the feel of wide and heavy tires, I didn't really notice any issues other than the Jeep feeling like it wandered a bit. I figured I'd get an alignment, get some specs and have a starting point to solve any of my issues. Nothing major.
The next day I took her 4 wheeling in an OHV park to try out the new rubber, everything went great. Didn't push it hard or anything of the sort, I'm not hard on the skinny pedal. Didn't hit any obstacles with force, blah blah, everything was cool. The day went fine.
When we finished up and aired the tires back up (30psi by the way), I noticed the Jeep kept veering towards the left. I figured it might be crowning in the road. However, it is consistently veering to the left no matter what speed and road conditions are present. WTH?

Here's a little background on the rig:

2015 JKUR
2.5" MC Game Changer, Fox Edition.
Steer Smarts Yeti XD Drag Link and Attenuator
315/70R17 MT ATZ P3s

I took it to the alignment shop yesterday and here's the spec sheet. Keep in mind this is AFTER I went wheeling last Sunday. I'm going to be getting under the jeep this Saturday to look things over carefully, swap tire locations, etc. I'm hoping to get some ideas of what might be causing my issue. Also hoping for some feedback on the alignment data, does anything look out of wack that might be the cause.

Lastly, the axles need to be centered. I noticed that both axles are protruding to the passenger side more than drivers side. However, I've read that this should have no effect on tracking on the highway, correct?

Thank you all in advance. Let me know if you need more intel from my part.
 

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I have. The other day the Jeep took sun light on driver's side and not the other. Driver's side showed 33 TPMS front and back while passenger showed 30 front and back. Still pulled drivers side. I've also checked psi manually and we're good.
 
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Is the steering wheel still centered? Alingment sheet looks ok
 
#6 ·
Steering wheel is centered. Top dead center of the wheel will move to the left (roughly 11 / 1130 position) as the jeep starts to track to the left. If I center the wheel she drives straight. If I let go, she goes left. I'm almost always having to put in steering input to correct.
 
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This weekend I'm gonna swap tire positions, check out the calipers and see if I'm getting more friction on any of them. See what else I see. I appreciate the responses. If you think of anything else I should eyeball I'm all ears. I'll be sure to post my findings.
 
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I got under the rig today and last weekend. Centered the axles with the track bars. While unrelated, I noticed that the bushing sleeves have become threaded do to the stock bolts so I'm a little aggro about that. Anyhow, centering did not correct the issue as mentioned previously, but at least they're centered now. Today I took a few measurements of the lower control arms and noticed that the drivers front LCA is about an 1/8" longer than passenger front LCA. I'm not sure how much additional caster that'll give me on one side vs the other. But the alignment specs don't show any red flags. Additionally, I put the front axle on jack stands, removed the tires, then tried rotating the rotors by hand. There is a noticeable amount of resistance in the driver's front compared to passenger front. It's also not smooth rotation. Eases up then resistance then eases up, etc..... I don't think it's a warped rotor. I'm not getting resistance in the same place repeatedly. It also doesn't feel like it's warped when I'm driving, I know how that feels and it's not it. What I'm not familiar with is should I be getting more resistance in that rotor vs the other side because of any type of gears turning, rotation of the front DS, nature of the axle shafts, etc?
What do you guys think? BTW, I'm aware I haven't eliminated all possible suspects yet.
 
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