Lately I've been fighting an alignment problem. My car has always pulled to the left even after multiple alignment shops said things were straight (04). Wasn't real bad but noticeable. I recently replaced the entire suspension on the car with all new polly bushings, shocks/struts, ball joints, inner/out tie rods, wheel bearings, H&R springs, CC plates, etc.
I also bought the equipment to do home alignments since I've felt the local shops couldn't get it right. Car measures straight and I have the alignment set to:
- Passenger Front:
* 4.75 Degrees Positive Caster
* 0.6 degrees negative Camber
- Driver Front
* 4.5 degrees Positive Caster (went slightly less to try and compensate for road crown)
* 0.6 degrees negative Camber
Total front toe is in aprox 1/8th of an inch which sounds like it should equal 1 degree from what I've read.
Total rear toe is also set to 1/8th of an inch now and both rear tires are set to negative 0.6 degrees of camber.
Took the car for a quick drive expecting things to go nice and straight but it nearly threw me off the road to the left. For s*^@'s and giggles I swapped the front wheels and the car then nearly threw me off the road to the right. Both tires are running the same PSI of 28.
I can't think of anything that could be causing this other than a tire but the tires still look great. Before I go throw $300 on new tires, can anyone think of anything else that could cause this?
I also bought the equipment to do home alignments since I've felt the local shops couldn't get it right. Car measures straight and I have the alignment set to:
- Passenger Front:
* 4.75 Degrees Positive Caster
* 0.6 degrees negative Camber
- Driver Front
* 4.5 degrees Positive Caster (went slightly less to try and compensate for road crown)
* 0.6 degrees negative Camber
Total front toe is in aprox 1/8th of an inch which sounds like it should equal 1 degree from what I've read.
Total rear toe is also set to 1/8th of an inch now and both rear tires are set to negative 0.6 degrees of camber.
Took the car for a quick drive expecting things to go nice and straight but it nearly threw me off the road to the left. For s*^@'s and giggles I swapped the front wheels and the car then nearly threw me off the road to the right. Both tires are running the same PSI of 28.
I can't think of anything that could be causing this other than a tire but the tires still look great. Before I go throw $300 on new tires, can anyone think of anything else that could cause this?