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My alignment results were as followed:
Left front:
Camber: -0.5 Caster: 7.1
Right front:
Camber: -0.9 Caster: 7.5
Left rear camber: -1.5
Right rear camber: -1.3
This is supposedly withing spec, but my car is still pulling to the left. I just replaced many suspension parts (upper/lower control arms, tie rod ends, center link, sachs sporting kit, pitman arms, sway bar links) except for the subframe bushings. What do you guys think would be causing the car to pull to the left?
A couple of things come to mind: tire pressure and/or something in the brake realm: stuck (or rubbing) caliper/brake pads, wheel bearing. I am curious to what the alignment shop said after you told them it still pulls?
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Could be the guy behind the machine himself. Did not know what he was doing? Can you go back to the same shop and double check the work?
A.Prior to any wheel aligment they do check the front end a piece by piece including tire pressure!
B. Wheel bearings are not shy...once bad they tend to scream at you
regards
billb
Originally posted by billB@Mar 4 2005, 05:50 AM Could be the guy behind the machine himself. Did not know what he was doing? Can you go back to the same shop and double check the work?
A.Prior to any wheel aligment they do check the front end a piece by piece including tire pressure!
B. Wheel bearings are not shy...once bad they tend to scream at you
regards
billb
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They didnt check the air pressure, cause I just corrected that yesterday. it helped a little but not much.
They actually told me it was pulling left and didnt know why...just told me the car was withing spec. and stuff and the pull was probably due to the tires. Do you think not having weights in the car would cause the car to still pull left?
Originally posted by billB@Mar 5 2005, 05:04 PM Is it possible to ask them to recheck their work; that is to say after the fact?
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I sure hope so. I didnt pay them 60 bucks to align my car to the left. haha. I am going to try rotating tires again this tuesday. I hope they won't give me trouble, they seemed like reasonable guys.
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