Re: alignment on 87 5kcstq

[russ southerlin <russ.s.southerlin@ast.lmco.com>]

Brent Lucas wrote:
You would think so, but I was surprised to find that this is not
necessarily always true...I recently noticed a bad pull to the left
shortly after a rotation, but assumed it was the alignment because of
'pothole season'.  Had it checked, and all was in spec.  Swapped the
fronts, and lo and behold, the car tracked perfectly.  Mechanic said it
was either uneven tire wear, or that it could have even come that way
from the factory.  Wasn't a problem until THAT tire was in THAT location
on the car.  Tires have 29k on them, by the way.

That is my point!! (well sort of) When you swapped the tires and it
pulled then that would indicate you have a radial pull (probably because
the rotation direction is changed when you swap left to right. 

I have don the swapp thing to numerous cars that were pulling and found
that it is pretty good indication of tire "radial" pull.