Don't do this if your tires are uni-directional (only supposed to roll one way) lol, for obvious reasons..
Car pulls left
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Don't do this if your tires are uni-directional (only supposed to roll one way) lol, for obvious reasons..
XxESKIMOxX
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if its none of the above try checking your ball joints. if one of it is blown then it will lean to the side thats been blown. i know i have that problem right now just waiting for enough money to fix it
finch13
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^ So my car pulled to the left and I replaced the right upper ball joint a few days ago.... uh 
Replacing hardware and THEN aligning the car will help correct problems, the ball joint itself is not the miracle fix.
Here's what causes [the majority of] pulls:
- Belt shifting in tires (you'll usually get a thump)
- Caster (drifts towards the most positive side)
- Camber (drifts towards the most negative side)
- Thrust angle (rear toe is off, rear wheels not aligned to the geometric center of car, rear wheels fight front wheels for steering control)
OP, any particular reason you changed weights? Appearance? How are the weights set up now? One outside strip of tape weights/outside tape weights, inside hammer-on lead weights/tape weights inner and outer?
They could of screwed up balancing them, but you would probably have a steering wheel shimmy above 55mph too.
Replacing hardware and THEN aligning the car will help correct problems, the ball joint itself is not the miracle fix.Here's what causes [the majority of] pulls:
- Belt shifting in tires (you'll usually get a thump)
- Caster (drifts towards the most positive side)
- Camber (drifts towards the most negative side)
- Thrust angle (rear toe is off, rear wheels not aligned to the geometric center of car, rear wheels fight front wheels for steering control)
OP, any particular reason you changed weights? Appearance? How are the weights set up now? One outside strip of tape weights/outside tape weights, inside hammer-on lead weights/tape weights inner and outer?
They could of screwed up balancing them, but you would probably have a steering wheel shimmy above 55mph too.
travisn
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if they are uni directional swap them from front to back. please check the tires then rotate them somehow before getting an alignment. especially if you havent changed any parts lately.
Toyojake
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The weights are right inside the wheel, under the rotor and its a tape strip of weights. The tires are michelen primacy MXV4, and I believe they are uni directional. I think I will take it in for an alignment, just curious if there was anything I could adjust by myself before I took it in. Thanks guys
I also like the idea of rotating the tires front to rear.
I did this after I got the alignment checked and could have saved the money on the alignment. It was a bad tire - looked good on the outside, no eggs or anything nasty like that, but the tire had gone bad.
I did this after I got the alignment checked and could have saved the money on the alignment. It was a bad tire - looked good on the outside, no eggs or anything nasty like that, but the tire had gone bad.
