Took off winter wheels, now alignment is off
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Took off winter wheels, now alignment is off
Has this happened to anyone? When I had my new winters on, the car seemed to drive fine. Now that I put my summers on, the car wants to pull left.
Same thing happened to our AE86GTS, when we put the winters on it, the steering wheel suddenly went ****-eyed and pulled right.
Besides for the obvious (e.g. tire pressure), why would the car do this??
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Eric
Same thing happened to our AE86GTS, when we put the winters on it, the steering wheel suddenly went ****-eyed and pulled right.
Besides for the obvious (e.g. tire pressure), why would the car do this??
Thanks,
Eric
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Re: Took off winter wheels, now alignment is off (ericlee303)
I experienced the same issue after changing mine, but it was mostly fixed by inflating my tires as you said... i still have a slight right pull though
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Re: Took off winter wheels, now alignment is off (ericlee303)
It could be a number of things. Inflation is the most obvious. A tire defect could cause it. Maybe there is uneven wear on the summer tires. It's also possible that the alignment was off already, but you didn't feel it with the winter tires because you were using them in cold weather when there isn't as much grip (or in warmer weather when they don't have as much grip as the summer tires).
If the inflation is correct, and you don't notice anything on the tires, I would get an alignment and see if it's off.
If the inflation is correct, and you don't notice anything on the tires, I would get an alignment and see if it's off.
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Thanks, I think I'm going to get an alignment this afternoon anyways, just to see how much camber is off so I can adjust my camber kit.
Also, it's not the tire's fault, I had them Road-Forced, and they were fine.
Also, it's not the tire's fault, I had them Road-Forced, and they were fine.
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Thanks guys, 94RS was correct...it was a radial tire pull problem:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...id=12
However, I rotated the front tires side-side and the problem strangely went away for now...
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...id=12
However, I rotated the front tires side-side and the problem strangely went away for now...
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ericlee303 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks guys, 94RS was correct...it was a radial tire pull problem:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...id=12
However, I rotated the front tires side-side and the problem strangely went away for now...</TD></TR></TABLE>
thanx but..... thats odd but go with it lol go somewhere where they do alignment check for free just to see if it out first atleast here an NTb where i work we dont charge to check the alignment first
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...id=12
However, I rotated the front tires side-side and the problem strangely went away for now...</TD></TR></TABLE>
thanx but..... thats odd but go with it lol go somewhere where they do alignment check for free just to see if it out first atleast here an NTb where i work we dont charge to check the alignment first
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