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Got some new tie rods on and took it to get aligned. Car drove straight before I had to change tie rods. Now it pulls slightly to the right with steering wheel straight. I’ll upload the printouts, hopefully someone good with alignments can have a look and see if I should waste my time with swapping tires around or not.
What were the before measurements? The caster looks good but if it was less before that could be the pull. I would not like the positive camber but don't think it's enough to cause issues.
They never gave me before measurements. I swapped both tie rods. I know it drove straight before with the same tires. I called them today and they tried to feed me that tire pull stuff. I told them same tires same everything except new tie rods. I said everything is in the green but it pulls right. He pretty much said then if it’s in the green it’s right and I told him sounds to me like they need a more experienced tech if they think just get it in the green is good every time. Lol. Charged me 90 bucks for some garbage get it in the green kind of alignment shop when my usual place I go is 65 and has a friend of family does them..he’s experienced old head who drinks like a sailor and smokes like a freight train but he’s damn good at making peoples crooked junk drive straight..last time I went there he had me in and out in 15 minutes from the time he got his system hooked up, then we talked for about half an hour. Lmao ...I regret not going there off the bat. But with both tie rods changed and newish tires I didn’t want to make the hour and a half drive on the interstate and highway and scrub them off real bad.
Personally to me though, the numbers don’t look bad..however that old guy did show me how the numbers can change once you tighten the jam nut back down..it’s possible they printed it off then tightened the nuts down and threw it off..either way I’m going back soon to have them recheck it
You could have aligned the toe with a tape measure. Either permanently or to drive it to the old guy. (then the old guy could tell you how he doesn't need to do anything)
When it comes to alignment, I would make the drive. Alignment makes a big difference on the feel of a car. And you can get it in the ball park and an hour two drive isn't too bad.
On this pull, are you talking about while holding Steering straight the car is going right, so the steering wheel is not centered, or are you saying when going straight, you let go of the steering wheel and car pulls to the right? Many will say my car pulls left or right, but often times it is steering wheel not centered and not an actual pull. Just wanted to better understand and new to the thread.
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