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Pull or drift?.....6 second rule....always tires..... Posted by Mike Lynch [Email]  (#81) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Mike Lynch) on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:23:23
In Reply to: Pulls to the left, Bill, Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:51:33 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
One thing about a pull or a drift, like many automotive things, folks get hypersensitive. Once you've taught yourself to be drift or pull sensitive, it's hard to find a car that doesn't do it, and then the roads are crowned and it gets worse. Also centering the steering wheel is different from aligning the wheels as is often left unattended to mediocre techs so always specify centering the steering wheel along with an alignment. After all the only reason they're alignment guys is 'cuz they flunked out of med school.......
So with a pull you let go of the wheel and the car changes lanes. With a drift the car moves gently one way or the other. Often you can correct a drift with just one finger on the wheel. The 6 second rule is for a drift where the car stays in it's lane for 6 seconds before crossing the line or thumping the dots.
IMHO pulls and drifts are always tires. Basically the alignment on a McPherson strut car only has one adjustment, toe. And the toe is neutral as regards to drift/pull. There are some exceptions, but they are rare. Rear alignment can affect the front and things can get bent, but your car drove fine before the new tires so we can rule those out.
Did anybody swap the front tires, put the LF on the RF and versa vice? It's the easiest thing to check pull or drift. There's no prohibition against swapping sides and directions with radial tires lately. Often it takes several tries to find the two fronts that don't pull/drift.
No mystery here, just a couple of tries to find a decent set of tires.
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