My truck is off balance

EARTHCROW797

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2004 NISSAN XTERRA
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
96,850 MILES

My truck is off balance, at first I thought it was the Alignment, ( my tires sound like I have off road threads, in which I have the goodyear fortera tripletred with 30,000 out 60000) so I drop it off at NTB. They said it was my tires, so they put weights on them. It still is doing the same but not as much. Funny thing is every summer I get my Alignment done and have them (NTB) check my tires out. They never mention anything before. Here is the funnier part this all started after I got my steering column replace due to a recall by Nissan. The real problem is this is my only truck, and I am in the Army and my work is 37 miles one way. So can someone help figure this out.

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RASMATAZ

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Have the tires recheck and also the wheel alignment, steering/suspension checked out-

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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 9:51 PM

WRENCHTECH

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Try rotating the tires. Some tread patterns will for irregular wear if they stay in the same position too long.

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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 10:05 PM

BMRFIXIT

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U joints and wheel bearings very common failure
have it checked by a local shop

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Friday, May 6th, 2011 AT 10:55 PM

EARTHCROW797

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I am thanking the people who have answered the above question. I did rotate my tires and that help a lot, now the only problem that remains is the when the alingement is done, the steering wheel is crooked. When I level out my steering wheel the truck pulls to the left. I check the brakes they were only 40 days old and working properly. So now agian I would like some help on this, and thank you guys in advance.

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 AT 2:33 PM

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