Das Korvin

Ok, so the quick and the simple. I was turning left out of a parking lot 2 weeks ago when I hit a curb with my front right tire. I was going about 5 miles and hour or so and the impact popped the tire. Now, if I am driving on a flat, level plane...my car drifts to the right and my steering wheel turns with it. It is not a jerky kind of drift, but once it starts it steadily increases in severity.

I had the alignment checked, it all turned out great. I had it checked again, same story. I jacked up the car, grabbed both wheels at 9 & 3, ::wiggle::, 12 & 6, ::wiggle::, solid. Nothing looks bent underneath or behind the wheels.

Tires are all the same age since I decided to replace them all when I popped the one since they were all the stock tires. Also, inflation is the same.

I have no idea what is wrong. God forbid it is the frame. I am about to take it to the dealership I bought it from a while back and have them look at it since I got a "maintenance plan" with them and everything but the cup holders is covered.

Anyone got a suggestion?

9000th01ss

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It's probably the alignment read my post https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes/1001472-what-fxck-does-take-get-correct-alignment.html

And someone elses https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes/1001701-veering-right.html

It took me four times to get the problem solved, seems mechanics are too lazy today to work on something.

You could also swap tires side to side, see if that changes anything.

Das Korvin

Wow. 4 times. Was there not a time that people took pride in their work?

Sorry for your experience, maybe the 3rd time for me might be the charm.

95TAGary

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This is funny the same thing happened to my wife in her van and I checked everything and it seemed normal and had an alignment and nothing helped. I told her to go back to them again. I was curious if they even done it?

CaribooLou

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could be a sticky caliper, that would make it pull but probably wouldnt happen because of an impact, wont hurt to check

Speedin' Sam

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LCA tweeked?

leadfoot4

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I would assume that you had to replace the tire you popped. Is it the same manufacturer/model of tire? Are the other tires significantly worn, compared to the new one?

You could have the dreaded "radial pull"....

BobDoLe

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he replaced all the tires at the same time...

did you get a printout from the alignment shop? what were the numbers?

GMRL

Post up the alignment specs, well go from there. At that slow speed you could of bent a spindle or ball joint at the most. Ive seen it firsthand.

leadfoot4

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Guess I skimmed over that part...........


Try switching the RF and RR tires and see if it changes. It still could be a badly matched tire, especially if he got lucky and didn't bend anything.