John said:
I recently had my car align. I had new tires put on too. I still notice it
pulls to the right some. They said it was out some and they fixed it to
specs. I was wondering is there anything else that could make it pull right?
Or did they mess up and didn't align it correctly. Any suggestions? I'm
going back to the place in a day to have the tires rotated and to realign
again.
You've gotten good suggestions from other readers. Another
possibility that's rare but I've experienced it directly is that one
of your tires may be faulty. I had a similar problem on a brand new
Outback Wagon. I had tire pressures and alignment verified, as well
as the integrity of all of the mechanical components associated with
steering. An "old time" mechanic friend suggested I try swapping my
front two tires for eachother. The result was that the car now pulled
to the opposite side. The original condition returned when I swapped
them back to their original locations. I isolated which of the two
was problematic by exchanging front to back. I ended up putting the
"bad" tire in the back which eliminated the problem and I still
achieved full expected mileage from all 4. The tires wore evenly all
the way around so I postponed tire rotation one or two cycles. By the
time I rotated such that the "bad" tire was again in front, the
problem returned but was of much less magnitude. No one could had a
good explanation, including the tire manufacturer. Some said it was
the tread, others said it could be internal to the tire, others just
said I was nuts. The dealer was convinced my diagnosis was correct
and offered a new tire, but I opted out as not to have new balance
weights dig up my brand new wheels prematurely. In hindsight I
should have changed it just in case the tire could have been at higher
risk of catastrophic failure. If all the suggestions you've received
so far don't yield a solution, try another front end shop.....perhaps
the shop you're going to has equipment that's out of calibration.
Good Luck
