Steering pulling in water

[JOEDEZZY]

Its been raining alot in Tucson for a couple of months now and I've noticed that when I'm cruising down the road and one of my tires hits a half way deep puddle it will pull real hard to that side. I've drove a few older trucks before I got my Jimmy and never noticed this with them. Is this normal or is there a possibilty theres something messed up on my front end?

 

[jekquistk5]

ever hit a big ole water hole with both tires, you loose a lot of momentum for a few seconds. Depending on tires, and if you hydro plane or not, it is normal to get a pull, unless its a crazy hard pull. Id sugest checking your ball joints(if you have em) and tre's to make sure everything is tight

 

[JOEDEZZY]

Yeah, I know a little pull is normal but I didnt know how much was normal on a K5. This thing actually scares me to the point where I put a death grip on the steering wheel if I see a puddle ahead just to prepare myself. Every time it grabs it feels like I'm gonna run off the road. I was thinking that it could be just because of the size of my tires. I'm running 33 x 12's, do you guys think that it might be because of the width?

 

[85 Jimmy]

i run 35x12.5 on my jimmy and it pulls but i don't think it's REAL bad. i'm not worried about it, every car i've driven does that

 

[pauly383]

Bigger tire , bigger pull . Just hold the wheel and go . But you aren't supposed to be flying through the water anyway

 

[JOEDEZZY]

Bigger tire , bigger pull . Just hold the wheel and go . But you aren't supposed to be flying through the water anyway

Well if I dont go fast how am I gonna splash the college kids walking down 1st?

 

[pauly383]

Splash them ??? Run them over let them grow up with a sense of reality

 

[85 Jimmy]

Well if I dont go fast how am I gonna splash the college kids walking down 1st?

yeah, i like to splash the college kids, but since the speed limit on campus is 20 MPH it get kinda hard to do

 

[jekquistk5]

If there really is something wrong with the steering on your k5 I'd think that you would have bump steer and death wobble, but It cant hurt to check

 

[mudbog42]

It's cool mine pulls when I hit puddles too. Always hasAnd I have 35x12.5 tires

 

[NEK5]

Yeah, I know a little pull is normal but I didnt know how much was normal on a K5. This thing actually scares me to the point where I put a death grip on the steering wheel if I see a puddle ahead just to prepare myself. Every time it grabs it feels like I'm gonna run off the road. I was thinking that it could be just because of the size of my tires. I'm running 33 x 12's, do you guys think that it might be because of the width?

33x14.5s and the pull makes you chit

 

[beater_k20]

how big is a "halfway deep" puddle?

 

[4xcrazy]

yeah,,,mine pulls pretty good when i hit poodles too