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Old Jun 11, 2004 | 02:12 PM
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Default Uneven Camber, causing car to pull to one side?

I was wondering, because when I went into the alignment shop, the tech was telling me that my camber from my right and left front were way off. I have progress camber kits(upper a-arm link replacements). I noticed that my right side has much more positive camber, and my left side has more negative camber, I know that I put in the camber kits the correct way on both sides. The car pulls to the right, the side with more positive camber.

The tech mentioned that, he bets that it's the camber kit that is causing the pull, after looking over my suspension.

I was just wondering if you guys have any inputs on this, if camber can cause a pull?

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Old Jun 11, 2004 | 02:17 PM
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Default Re: Uneven Camber, causing car to pull to one side? (AcCO12D95)

yes... camber pulls toward to most positve...
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Old Jun 11, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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Default Re: Uneven Camber, causing car to pull to one side? (black98gsr-t)

yeah, but it would have to be a big difference for the car to pull, usually it might cause a drift.
if the camber was moved an the toe was not adjusted that can be it too, since changes in camber affect toe
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Old Jun 11, 2004 | 11:33 PM
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i remember a few thinigs from when i was an alignment tech. camber does not cause pull unless its extreme. where as caster will cause a pull. the real question is: is it a pull or a drift? theres a difference.
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Old Jun 12, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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Hmmm.....i'm not sure if it's a pull/drift, but seems to be both? as for when i let go of the steering wheel it drifts to the right, and when i'm on the wheel, i can feel it wanting to pull to the right...hehe

As for caster, I've had my caster corrected from West End Alignment, with a cross member shift. So my caster is in spec.

I think, i'm going to switch out the camber kit and put stockies back in, and see what's crackin...hopefully when i have some time..
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