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Old Jan 27, 2005, 05:26 AM
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Question Does tire wear have an effect on alignment?

I recently got my car aligned however it still seems to pull to the left when I'm driving. I checked the tire pressure and it's fine so I'm wondering if my tire wear on the outer edge of the right side (looking at the car from front) cause the car to pull to the left. My right side tires do have more wear since we do make a lot of right hand turn driving in the U.S.

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It's the other way around. Alignment has something to do with tire wear
Old Jan 27, 2005, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by evo 8 ya
It's the other way around. Alignment has something to do with tire wear
That I know but I did an alignment and the pressure are correct the only thing I can think of is tire wear causing the pull.
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You may need to provide us with more information. Such as the actual alignment numbers.

The only thing I can think of is that you may have a cross caster issue or some kind of mechanical failure.

Also if you haven't checked already. Drive on both sides of a crowned road and see what happens.
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Just because people "align" your car doesn't mean it's aligned. The dumbphuck at couldn't align my car for $hit after 3 attempts and I had to take it to a reputable place. After that no worries and no premature tire wear.
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I have the print out at home and if I remembered the they print out a before and after spec and the new alignment is almost accurate to the suggested spec from the manufacture.

My old toe in the front right (looking at the car from the front) was off by -19 they fixed that.
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