5K Pull to the right

Richard J. Andrews tech at flashmail.com
Tue Oct 9 01:19:33 EDT 2001


caster being off will cause this...
you can adjust the caster slightly by loosening the subframe bolts and 
shifting it.
you won't get a whole lot.. but it should help..

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq
At 10:59 PM 10/8/01, you wrote:
>I recently had my 87 5KTW aligned, a 4 wheel job by one of the better
>shops in town.  I did this partly because the summer tires were wearing
>on the inside edge and some to improve a slight pull to the right.
>
>They fixed to tow-in which should take care of the inside wear, but
>noticed but could not correct the pull.  It is a gentle pull that on a
>flat road would have you change lanes completely after 20-30sec at
>65mph.  Very noticible but not horrible, just means you can't take hands
>off the wheel for long.  The alignment guys said that they saw no signs
>of a wreck or bent parts and toe and camber were dialed in to spec.
>They did say that the caster was out in front, but that there was no way
>to adjust this, but they did not think that was causing the pull.
>
>I've tried moving tires around, and changing tires, and this alignment
>but cannot loose this pull.  The pull is there under power and while
>coasting.
>
>Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it.
>
>TIA





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