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Pulls Right

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:53 pm
by DuhNeon179
I notice while im driving either a short period of time or a long period of time it always pulls right, any reasons? It isn't the road either, because it does it on paved roads.

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:26 pm
by jT
alignment

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:27 pm
by boxcarfan
get an alignment....and actually paved roads might make you think you car is pulling....most all paved roads are crowned...slope down from center to help drain the rain/water...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:50 pm
by DuhNeon179
It's the alignment? shit...

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:11 am
by GreeNeons03
I don't know it it's true or not. But I've heard that when they align a car they always make it so it will pull to the right a little bit like if you have your hands of the wheel. I heard it's so that if you fall asleep or something you drive into the ditch and not oncoming traffic.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:03 am
by jT
ive never heard that

and ive never had a car pull to the right after an alignment either

and i dont see a lot of roads with a ditch on the right any more.. i see houses, buildings, people walking.. no ditch. that makes no sense whatsoever.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:17 am
by Fuzzyneon
jT wrote:ive never heard that

and ive never had a car pull to the right after an alignment either

and i dont see a lot of roads with a ditch on the right any more.. i see houses, buildings, people walking.. no ditch. that makes no sense whatsoever.
Lol yeah its youre alignment its like 70 bucks to get it done and it will save you money in the future anyways form other parts gone bad.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:53 am
by Anonymous User
GreeNeons03 wrote:I don't know it it's true or not. But I've heard that when they align a car they always make it so it will pull to the right a little bit like if you have your hands of the wheel. I heard it's so that if you fall asleep or something you drive into the ditch and not oncoming traffic.
haha....no thats what mechanics says after you come back the 2nd or 3rd time. learned that in chassis class....lol

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:04 am
by DuhNeon179
There's ditches on the highway but there not big at all, there ridiclously small and don't do anything espically if your a heavy sleepier. Well this sucks dam alignment

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:51 am
by Paul56
DuhNeon179 wrote:There's ditches on the highway but there not big at all, there ridiclously small and don't do anything espically if your a heavy sleepier. Well this sucks dam alignment
Rumble strips.... FTW.

I would hate to be driving along turning the wheel in one direction only to have the car go in the other.... unless you know what to look for and how to fix it getting an alignment done can prevent this sort of event. :shock:

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:30 pm
by DuhNeon179
It's getting worse how do i fix this?

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:06 pm
by jT
umm

get ALIGNMENT done.

"Duh"

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:13 pm
by occasional demons
Is your right side tire losing air? I only paid $50 for my alignment so shop around, and plan to have extra $, in case there are underlying issues, like ball joints, tierod ends, etc.

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:16 am
by Swordfish2Cowboy
I went kayaking last night and it kept pulling to the left. Turns out my life jacket that I had secured to the front of the kayak was dragging in the water. Maybe you have a similar problem? :lol:

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:07 pm
by DuhNeon179
Yeah the tire lost air, I think if i was to drive again, i would of gotten a flat.