Car pulls slightly to the right
06-24-16, 08:07 PM
#32
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06-27-16, 06:41 PM
#36
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I have no idea man...f that shop lol! Anyways another small update.. Car still pulls to the right based off how big a slope there is on the road which I guess is normal but I never noticed this on my winter tires. On the right most Lane where the slope is very obvious, very noticeable to the naked eye, it pulls right really bad like u have to hold the steering wheel left for it to go straight, on the highway it goes straight so I know alignment is good it's just these tires I guess.. I have older super sports in the back and almost brand new continentals in the front so I blame that. I mean obviously if there's a big slope it's gonna pull but like I said, never noticed this on winter tires and I wonder if I get a set of all 4 matching tires will it do the same.. Ehhh at least I know alignment is all good..
06-27-16, 08:11 PM
#37
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I have inner tire wear front right car was pulling. They couldn't do alignment because stock ball joints is not adjustable. I bough SPC ball joint they were able to adjust and do alignment.
06-27-16, 09:19 PM
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I seen ur tire on Facebook, mine doesn't have any wear like that, mine show no signs of uneven wear..
06-27-16, 09:57 PM
#41
As you can see by the alignment print out the only thing that was adjusted was the toe setting, this is a wear angle and would have no effect on the car pulling... The camber and caster angles are what could have an effect on whether the car pulls. Your camber is good and does not need any adjustment, so you don't need the spc adjustable ball joints. For some reason they did not measure the caster on your car, at least its not on the print out, and this is the most important angle to measure if the car pulls. I would want to know what the caster is, and why they didn't provide that measurement. Now there is no factory adjustment for the caster, but there are things that can be done to correct it if needed, like caster bushings or shifting the sub frame as gville350 mentioned before. Most likely the caster is good and one of the front tires is the culprit... Did you ever cross the front tires? If not, do this first. If the car still pulls the same way then have lexus measure the caster on the car, which they should have already done with the original alignment. There is no excuse for them not to have measured the caster.
06-27-16, 10:09 PM
#42
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As you can see by the alignment print out the only thing that was adjusted was the toe setting, this is a wear angle and would have no effect on the car pulling... The camber and caster angles are what could have an effect on whether the car pulls. Your camber is good and does not need any adjustment, so you don't need the spc adjustable ball joints. For some reason they did not measure the caster on your car, at least its not on the print out, and this is the most important angle to measure if the car pulls. I would want to know what the caster is, and why they didn't provide that measurement. Now there is no factory adjustment for the caster, but there are things that can be done to correct it if needed, like caster bushings or shifting the sub frame as gville350 mentioned before. Most likely the caster is good and one of the front tires is the culprit... Did you ever cross the front tires? If not, do this first. If the car still pulls the same way then have lexus measure the caster on the car, which they should have already done with the original alignment. There is no excuse for them not to have measured the caster.
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06-27-16, 10:15 PM
#43
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I guess my next step is to see what happens if I swap the two front tires.. So if it still pulls right what is the problem, and if it pulls left now then it's tire issue correct?
06-27-16, 10:28 PM
#44
The car can certainly drift to one side because of road crown, but it sounds like you have noticed a change in how much the car pulls recently. This I think is what you are trying to figure out... My guess would be that its related to the recent tire change you made. If the car still pulls to the right after crossing the tires, have the dealer re-measure the alignment to provide a caster reading. If the caster is lower on the right then that would be a likey reason for the pull.
06-27-16, 11:06 PM
#45
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The car can certainly drift to one side because of road crown, but it sounds like you have noticed a change in how much the car pulls recently. This I think is what you are trying to figure out... My guess would be that its related to the recent tire change you made. If the car still pulls to the right after crossing the tires, have the dealer re-measure the alignment to provide a caster reading. If the caster is lower on the right then that would be a likey reason for the pull.