2005 Silverado steering is wandering after changing tires

Tiny
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I have a 2005 chevy silverado 2500 hd crew cab with the duramax allison package. It has 42,000 miles. Well my problem is that I had the original duravis m773 265/75r16 tires until about 4,000 k ago and they where bald so I changed them to toyo open country 265/75r16 10 ply tires.
I started noticing a bad wander on the highway above 60 mph I then changed to michelin 10 ply and experienced the same problem so I went to the dealer they said I needed a tpc rated tire.
so they sold me a set of bridgestone dueler 10ply 265/75r16 and I have the same wandering.
the dealer had my car for two days and when I got it back they told me nothing felt wrong I then brought it to another dealer who had it for 4 days and they said they felt nothing wrong.
i've driven this truck since new and never had these problems the truck is now scary to drive.
i've been told that my shocks could be bad, make diff could be stuck in posi, my steering could be sloppy, and my wheel bearings could be on there way out but nobody knows what is accually the problem, and I dont want to replace things that are not bad! PLEASE HELP Thanks, Tom
Saturday, December 9th, 2006 AT 5:55 PM

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Tiny
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BTW I was also told by a customer on my way out that he had over heard the service guys talking about not having a clue whats wrong with my truck! ? Now that just scares me :(
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006 AT 6:02 PM
Tiny
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Anyone have any clue?
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 AT 1:50 PM
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Hi Tom, you said you change the old tires because they were bald, were they bald all the way across or possibly worn on the inside more? Have you had the front end aligned? I have had a few bad experiences with my local chevy dealer. I would try a local independant front end shop. It is possible at that mileage to have bad balljoints if they never received any grease. You can jack up the truck & get the weight off the wheels, find long handle/pole I use a metal fence post, stick it under the tire & have someone watch the slack in the balljoint as you lift up & down on the pole. I don't remember the specs but if it "gives" very much that could be the problem.
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 AT 3:35 PM

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