Car pulls to one side. Struts damaged???
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From: Stubby on 11 Aug 2007 14:00 I spent a year chasing a pull to one side. In the end a competent shop found a U-joint sort of thing in the steering that was damaged. "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message news:M76dnfO4xbvMtCDbnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d(a)comcast.com... > > <condor_222(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1186754863.034347.222830(a)q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > Hi all, > > > > Thanks for responding. To clarify some things. > > > > - tires have been switched, changed, pressure checked, etc. > > Issue is not the tires. Especially when they were brand new. > > > > - I didn't put the rear wheel alignments in, because > > they are all within the spec. The alignment jocks > > have told me that the problem is in the front. > > > > - the alignments have been expert 4 wheel aligments. > > Alignments have been done at Toyota which had a really expensive > > laser alignment system, at Sears when I got the tires, > > and at the best alignment jock I could find. > > > > - multiple mechanics have not seen any issues with the body > > or frame. > > > > > > > > Questions: > > > > - Car had been in accident. There are new tires, lower control arm > > and wheel bearing. Expert four wheel alignment done. Body > > and > > frame > > look fine. > > > > > > There is some concurrence that it could be a bent strut. > > > > But one says it could be many things. As far as damaged/new > > parts are concerned, if it is not any of the above, and not the > > strut, what other realistic possibilities are left? > > If it is none of the above, then the chassis is probably bent. > > > > > >> Take it to a laser jig alignment and get them to measure the > > bodywork/chassis. > > > > - what kind of shop has the laser jig? What do I > > look up in the yellow pages of the telephone book? > > Automotive - Alignment. A special machine shop? > > > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > > > A good body shop will have a laser chassis alignment machine. > -- > > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) > >
From: * on 13 Aug 2007 10:46
ChrisCoaster <ckozicki(a)snet.net> wrote in article <1186603670.389545.73310(a)19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>... > On Aug 8, 9:15 am, edzacks <e...(a)edzacks.com> wrote: > > * wrote: > > > JJ <Th...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in article > > > <v66ui.6538$2v5.5...(a)bignews2.bellsouth.net>... > > > > >>Commonwealth of Kentucky > > > > > A bit further North, and a lot bigger.....That's the "key" to the answer. > > > > That would be Pennsylvania- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > _________________ > It seems like we have two interwoven threads here - politics and a > Camry that pulls to one side! > How about civics/geography and auto repair technology? Why does EVERYTHING on the usenet have to end up with politics? |