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Old 12-12-2007, 03:25 PM
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Problem with alignment

My car is pulling to the right.... My question will be.... Will the drop have something to do with it?
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Old 12-12-2007, 07:23 PM
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Was it recently ‘dropped’? How wide is your wheel/tire combo? Wider wheels/tired have a tendency to pull wherever the road pulls them. Check tire pressures, and get an alignment if you’ve hit any large bumps/lowered it lately/changed CV or any other front suspension related parts.
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Old 12-13-2007, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by NmexMAX
Was it recently ‘dropped’? How wide is your wheel/tire combo? Wider wheels/tired have a tendency to pull wherever the road pulls them. Check tire pressures, and get an alignment if you’ve hit any large bumps/lowered it lately/changed CV or any other front suspension related parts.
Nope... I did the front over a year ago and finished the back 2 weeks ago. It was pulling before but I thought it was because of the drop in the front and not doing the alignment. I put 4 new Falkens on the G35 rims , aligned the car and still it is pulling to the right. Could it be that I didn't align the springs correctly after while changing springs and struts?

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Old 12-13-2007, 04:59 AM
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I think that who ever did your alignment did not do a good job , the same thing happend to me , they had to realign it 3 times before they got it right.
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Old 12-13-2007, 06:09 AM
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I would bring it back... My car is dropped on Progress/illuminas with 235/40/18's and it does not pull at all.

When it's done, ask for the alignment report.
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Old 12-13-2007, 09:05 AM
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I would do what the others have said also. When driving on roads that are "crowned" (meaning the elevation of the road in the center is higher than the elevation of the road on the edge), your car will naturally feel like it's pulling to the right. Most roads are crowned.

But, if it's a significant pulling, it's most likely not the road
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Old 12-13-2007, 09:24 AM
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I'm taking it back but just wanted to make sure that I didn't screw up when doing the drop.
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Old 12-13-2007, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Lontar1
I'm taking it back but just wanted to make sure that I didn't screw up when doing the drop.
Anytime you take front struts out it will affect your camber.
They did an alignment on your old tires so now new tires and if any issue then it made it ok with those tires, so now new tires it might pull
Also swap the 2 front tires on rims from left to right for diag purposes and if it changes direction of pull you got a radial pull or tire pull.
Also ask for printout before not after. Some techs don't always print the before and after after alignment.
And IF they have to elongate strut holes to adjust camber even more make sure they use wedges in between strut and spindle so next time you hit a pothole it won't throw your alignment off
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Old 12-14-2007, 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by NisTech
Anytime you take front struts out it will affect your camber.
They did an alignment on your old tires so now new tires and if any issue then it made it ok with those tires, so now new tires it might pull
Also swap the 2 front tires on rims from left to right for diag purposes and if it changes direction of pull you got a radial pull or tire pull.
Also ask for printout before not after. Some techs don't always print the before and after after alignment.
And IF they have to elongate strut holes to adjust camber even more make sure they use wedges in between strut and spindle so next time you hit a pothole it won't throw your alignment off
The alignment was done on the new tires..... I will do the swap to see if it pulls the other way too.....

Thanks
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Old 12-14-2007, 07:33 PM
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I took my car to the local Nissan dealership.

I have H&R's and illumina's all around with regular 16inch gle rims.

The dealership was able to get the car within factory specs.

I get an alignment check every 9 months or 9K miles
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Old 12-15-2007, 07:28 AM
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jsut make sure to get a before and after readout from the alignment machine so you can see the specs.
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