car pulls to right question

[ramonesfreak]

did a search, couldnt find anything

car drove straight. now, 300 miles into this season, car is slowly but surely pulling to the right. not aggressively, more like a long sweeping right

have not hit anything, except minor pot holes.

both front tires have equal pressure and even wear

it could be in my imagination, but the car also seems to steer to the right with slightly less muscle needed

is there anything i can inspect before i take it in? im concerned mostly with safety..wanna make sure nothing is loose or broken

thanks

[ossiblue]

Assuming this is a new development and you haven't done any wheel/tire/suspension work to the car, there are any number of possibilities such as a dragging caliper or misadjusted wheel bearings. A few pot holes should not be discounted either. A decent jolt could have an affect on your toe-in settings and overall alignments.

You say the tires have even wear but many cars have a bit of negative camber that will cause the inside to wear a bit faster. You may be at a point where that is happening, maybe not detectable to the untrained eye yet, and your alignment is off just enough to cause the pull now that the wear factor is present. Just a guess. Whatever the problem, if the obvious things are not at fault (brake, bearings), then an alignment shop should be able to detect and correct the problem.

[ramonesfreak]

i believe i have a loose bearing on the LEFT side

could that cause a pull to the right?

[DRACO A5OG]

Possibly, think about it.

If the bearing is loose, then with the weight of the car and possibly a bit negative camber as per Bruce Anderson specs, the wheel would go more negative camber ergo causing a drift to the right.

I recently ghetto aligned my car due to loose strut mount bolts and found my passanger (right) side was severely negative camber causing her to drift to the left. I neg camber 0.75 degrees on both sides and bingo.

Once I corrected it, she straigntened right up and drove true. Still need to check my Toe and Caster ( caster seems fine but the loose bolts really concerned me )

[ramonesfreak]

interesting. im learning here, thanks
saturday ill take a stab at tightening the left wheel bearing and see what the result is