Still have drifting to the right after second wheel alignment yesterday.....

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Old 06-29-2005, 04:33 PM
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Default Still have drifting to the right after second wheel alignment yesterday.....

Pro-Imports tells me that its radial pull from the tyres. Is this a normal occurance? They say that the alignment is totally straight and that the Falken Azenis ST115 tyres I have are bad and need replacing. They are brand new tyres from when I bought the wheel/tyre package 2 months ago. The place I bought the package from is in Cali and would be a pain to ship back so they can verify. Recommendations on how to proceed next?
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Default Hmmmmm

Check tread depth across each tire. Check all pressures, make sure they are the same.

Then check the circumferance.

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Default happened to my jetta at one point...

the bands shifted on the tire somehow. They swapped the tire from one side to the other and that seemed to solve the issue.

Not a daily occurance, but I've heard of it happening before.
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mmmm, drifting to the right...sorry wrong topic.
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Default try rotating the tires in a few different combinations and drive on it each time

you should feel a difference like Jretal pointed out. probably won't be perfect, but it may help some.
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Default looks like you should go with a wider tire with the rims u have. wonder if that could have any ...

affect on the drift?
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check your tire pressure with an accurate gauge?
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Default yeah....thats what they said at PI....they said bring it back at a later time and....

they switch the tyres from one side to the other.
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Default A straight alignment setting will cause the car to drift to the right.

Most roads are "crowned", which means the surface is sloped outward from center. So, most cars are aligned to pull slightly to the left to counteract the crown drift to the right. A straight alignment will therefore drift to the right. Try the factory settings and adjust from there.
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