You do not say what car you have so I have no input other than what
happened to my buddy and his 79 450SL 2 wk ago -- pulling to the right,
I aired up the tires properly, drove it and was pulling much harder.
Hmmm. Front tires were wearing and we were going to move them around
until this problem became really noticeable. I did not see anything
from a quick look. He takes it to his indy who puts it on the lift and
discovers the left side LCA rear mount on the front subframe was nearly
torn completely off. Part of it was sorta grimy whereas the rest of the
tear was bright and shiny, which suggested a chronic problem turning
acute quickly. Much more driving would have really ruined his day. Per
the listers' suggestions he took it to the Benz dealer and they fixed it
free, except for $300 he paid for an alignment and tire rotation and
something else I forget.
Y'all saved him the $2k his indy quoted him before I asked the guy if
there was a recall on this part. hemhawclear throat uh ohyeah call MB
about it.... I think he was pissed he did not get the job.
--R
David Brodbeck wrote:
As I mentioned before, yesterday I took my car to Les Schwab for a tire
rotation and brake inspection. When I got it back, it was pulling to
the right, and it was too late to take it back that day. Today it
wasn't raining, so I decided to do a little troubleshooting on my own.
Checked the tire pressures. They were all wrong, of course, so I
corrected them. Took the car out for a drive, and it still pulled hard
to the right. I've also got a new vibration in the steering wheel at
speeds above 60 mph.
I put my hands to the wheel vents after a freeway run, and none of the
brakes were noticably hotter than the others, so it's not a dragging brake.
At this point, I suspect I have a bad tire that wasn't as obvious when
it was on the rear. For a while I'd had an odd vibration from the rear
at certain speeds. It was a vibration at 45 mph, and at 25 mph it felt
like the rear of the car was squirming side-to-side slightly. I never
figured out what it was. I wonder if a slipped belt in one of the tires
would cause those symptoms on the rear, and a pull on the front?
At this point, the next logical step would be to swap each front tire
out with the spare, to see if the problem goes away, but that's a lot of
work and it looks like it's about to start raining again. I think I'll
take the car to the tire shop on Tuesday and let them scratch their
heads over it.
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