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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 08:05 AM
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Some weird random problem- tilted steering wheel

This happened after I put my summer rims on.

I was driving down and noticed my steering wheel was slightly tilted to the left even when I'm going perfectly straight!

When I let go of the steering wheel, the car steers to right.

Is this alignment?

Few things to note,

I put in new aluminum hub rings,
Front tires are near bold.

And this did not happen when I had winter tires on.

Any suggestion or suspicion?
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 09:04 AM
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Um, yes, that's an alignment problem.
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 09:30 AM
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Yea my description sounds just like alignmnet issue, but my alignment was perfect and my suspension was untouched.

Switching from winter rims to summer rims can cause alignment to go out just like that?
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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tire pressure good? Any of the rims damaged? I have had a similar experence in the past from pounding the daylights out of the tires, they wernt worn that much, but the belts insde the tires were warped and I would get a nasty pull and some shaking through the steering column
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Evo8luva
tire pressure good? Any of the rims damaged? I have had a similar experence in the past from pounding the daylights out of the tires, they wernt worn that much, but the belts insde the tires were warped and I would get a nasty pull and some shaking through the steering column
I checked the tire pressure last night and they were good.
No rims are damaged, however front tires are near bold and have slight camber wear as well.
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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tire diameter differences left to right can have this affect too. seeing as the problem started when you switched tires id say one tire is more worn than another or you have inconsistent tire pressures
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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hopefully putting new tires will solve the issue.
I don't want to get another alignment..
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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just get an alignment and be done with it.
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