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Tie Rod Replaced, Car pulls to Right
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skifast
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Mar 25, 2014, 9:49 AM
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Tie Rod Replaced, Car pulls to Right
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I hit a curb with my left front tire, but missed hitting a car backing out of a driveway. I had a local guy change the hub assembly and tie rod end. He was not carefully measuring the replacement tie rod, counting turns, etc. The car now pulls to the right. It was aligned before and I am sure it is just the tie rod being too long or short. If possible, I would like to avoid the cost of an alignment. Can I just keep shorting/lengthening the replaced tie rod until it isn't pulling? If yes, do I lengthen or shorten it in response to pulling to the right? Anyway to estimate the necessary adjustment? Thanks
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nickwarner
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Mar 25, 2014, 10:37 AM
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You cannot estimate this in a driveway. The $75 alignment is going to be way cheaper than the $500 or more in tires you are going to wear out fast. If you didn't need a $20,000 alignment machine to set this correctly, we wouldn't buy them. You saved a few bucks on labor having some local guy do the repairs. I hope he did them right or all cost savings go out the window. Consider the small amount for an alignment as part of doing the job and pay them. The longer you wait the sooner you will need new tires and still need an alignment.
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Hammer Time
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Mar 25, 2014, 12:07 PM
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The toe in doesn't cause pulling anyway. You need a wheel alignment but don't be surprised if they find something else is bent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Mar 26, 2014, 3:03 AM
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Same - toe with all things equal such as tires doesn't cause "pull" but camber and caster can. All bets off that something else is the real issue and still need another alignment and no you can't just "eye" things to get it right. If you did see it off it's WAY off, T
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