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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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Yeah, ok, so, you put new tires on and a car that didn't previously pull, now pulls. So, that points to a tire problem.
Troubleshooting steps, swap tires, does the pull move to the opposite side.
If yes, then swap 1 of the fronts to the back. Did the pull change or go away?
If yes, then that front tire that you just put on the back is bad.
If no, then try the same test with the other front tire. If there is then a change then that tire is bad.
It sounds to me like the dealer did an good, but maybe not great job of troubleshooting (otherwise it'd be fixed by now).
When you get an alignment, ALWAYS get a print out of the before AND after settings. Are the settings radically different side to side? If they are, yuck! Most tire/alignment places will pull the whole "it's to compensate for the crown of the road" bit. That's a load of crap. The real reason they do it is that there's usually a pretty big range of "acceptible" settings for alignment. If one side is at one extreme of acceptible, and the other side is at the opposite extreme then you're going to have a car with crap handling/steering and crap tire wear. I always shoot for as close to equal side to side as possible.
Still, it sounds like it's got to be a tire problem.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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