It started happening after i took my car to the track. I did alot of spinning and had disgusting wheel hop. I checked the axles and there is no rips or cracks in the boot. I did notice however that my lower balljoint boot on the driver;s side was rippedwas ripped, could that be the problem, I have a new balljoint that ill be putting in tomorrow

 

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Align the car. Check tire pressures also.

That's just the simple stuff.

 

thnx Ross

 

Check for play in the balljoint. remember whether or not it's leaking doesn't really matter it's if there is any play.

 

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how DO you check the play in the balljoint?

glad I saw this.. I have to replace some boots at least and was wondering how to tell if the balljoints themselves were shot..

 

You can use a pry bar. Rest the middle of the pry bar on the inside off the rim and the tip at the bottom of the balljoint where the cotter pin is. then pull down on the pry bar. If the balljoint even moves the slightest bit replace it as it's not supposed to move at all.

Sorry if that's not the best description that's the best I can think of without actually doing it.

 

also a caliper could be binding...

 

update:

replaced the ball joint because when we removed the lower control arm you could grab the threaded area of the joint and move it around like it was nothing, the bad bews is, its still pullung to the left im going to check the tire pressure later on, and making an appointment to have the tires balanced and an align,ent done

 

You will for sure need an alignment after replacing a balljoint.

 

A alignment shop should be able to tell you why the car is pulling.

Try this:

Jack up the front of the car and switch both left and right tires. Just remove the wheel from the car and change its position. NOT flip the tire.

Test drive the car and see if it pulls the other way, if it does, its the tire.

This is what you call a radial pull which sometimes is a seperated belt.

 

thanx, i made the appointment for it to be checked out

 

When you go straight, is the steering wheel straight? I remember I messed up my alignment really bad once at the track and my car at the time started pulling to the left and the steering wheel was never at the proper position when the car was going straight. But after the alignment, it was fine.

 

no if i hold the wheel straight it goes straight, but as soon as i maybe let my hand off the wheel for a second it starts pulling to left, it never did that before, it would always stay straight, i checked my strut and its fine, ill let the shop figure out what the problem is