car pulls... alignment issues?
06-26-2007, 06:47 PM
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car pulls... alignment issues?
I recently got tire rotation and new rotors and immediately after, the car began to pull left. Today, I just put on a new set of 225/50R16s and got an alignment. The car now pulls to the right. Can somebody please tell me what the heck is going on?
The alignment specs after alignment are:
L Front
Camber -0.7
Caster 2.9
Toe -0.03
R Front
Camber -0.3
Caster 3.2
Toe 0.04
L Rear
Camber -1.4
Toe -0.02
R Rear
Camber -1.3
Toe -0.12
The alignment specs after alignment are:
L Front
Camber -0.7
Caster 2.9
Toe -0.03
R Front
Camber -0.3
Caster 3.2
Toe 0.04
L Rear
Camber -1.4
Toe -0.02
R Rear
Camber -1.3
Toe -0.12
06-30-2007, 10:18 AM
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go get your alignment done at a different place. the front camber and rear toe numbers look way off. your toe out in the front and toe in on the back. you might wanna look under to see if the shop got lazy and didn't tighten the jam nuts on the tie rods.
06-30-2007, 11:48 AM
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Those numbers are certainly suspect, definitely get it checked again. Surprised they gave you back the car with that printout and no explanation of why it came out that way. Try to get the same shop to correct it, they should do so since it pulls right after their so-called alignment.
Also check the tire pressures, they should be in the correct range, equal side-to-side front and rear and have the proper offset (about 3 psi less in the rear).
Also check the tire pressures, they should be in the correct range, equal side-to-side front and rear and have the proper offset (about 3 psi less in the rear).
07-03-2007, 08:41 AM
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Thanks for the replies! The mechanic at the shop said he only makes adjustments if the alignment is outside the 0.5 deg tolerance given by the mahcine... which is apparently WAY too big of a tolerance for the WRX. We went on a test drive together and he kept saying the car drove fine and it pulled because of road crown, but I had him put it back up on the rack and redo it. Now the the front camber is -0.3 and -0.4 and total toe for front and back are about 0.01. Pulls just slightly to the left, but very close to being on center.
07-03-2007, 08:43 AM
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why is it so hard to find a good mechanic these days?? it seems they're all lazy. and what is good tire pressure for 225s on 16x6.5 rims? i am currently running 40psi front, 38psi rear. thanks
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