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Misfit714 09-30-2020 02:14 AM

Need all your professional input please!
 
after installing rear lca, bags, spacers, wheels and getting 4-5 alignments even with me sitting in the car holding the steering wheel straight the alignment shows everything in range to be perfectly straight. After leaving the alignment shop everytime the steering wheel would be off centered so I would have to hold my steering wheel a bit to the left to go straight or else while holding it straight it would veer to the right. Also, after going 60-70 mph my car feels like its swaying left and right so I would have to drive with both hands with caution. I can't figure out the problem. Any thing to look out for? Thanks in advance for any advice.

soundman98 09-30-2020 02:23 AM

How are your tire pressures?

churchx 09-30-2020 02:36 AM

I doubt pressures due "getting 4-5 alignments" & "after leaving the alignment shop". Start of alignment procedure should include checking & evening out tire pressures. Also alignment should include centering steering wheel.
So i'm guessing that it's maybe not alignment, but something dragging wheel(wheels?) on one side or making applying engine power to one wheel. Do all four wheels spin freely, with no brake drag? None was abnormally hot after driving? Hmm, maybe something fscked up with LSD diff?

Misfit714 09-30-2020 02:51 AM

yeah everything is balanced and tires are correct pressure. Wheels do spin freely and my car drives with no hotness. Just steering wheel is off centered even after multiple alignments. Car always feels like swaying left to right after 60 mph

x808drifter 09-30-2020 02:54 AM

This thread is useless without an alignment printout.

strat61caster 09-30-2020 11:01 AM

Go to a better alignment shop.

You'll be receiving my invoice shortly.

ZDan 09-30-2020 12:49 PM

Is behavior the same whether you are on the left side of road crown or right side of road crown? If so, swap tires left to right and see if that changes anything. If it does, you *might* have a bad tire causing the car to pull in the same direction as the side the bad tire is on.

norcalpb 09-30-2020 01:06 PM

Could be bad tie rods. When mine were bad it was hard to keep the car straight on the freeway going 70+, and whenever I hit a bump the car would get dragged in the direction of the bump.

Hard to believe your alignment shop wouldn’t notice this though.

JD001 09-30-2020 01:11 PM

I had a similar issue last year, turned out to be the toe settings. The steering was out just a small amount, no swaying as you describe but the steering wheel wasn't straight when the car was running in a straight line.. just annoying to look at..

NoHaveMSG 09-30-2020 01:39 PM

Are you driving the car at the same ride height the car was aligned at? You are on bags, changing ride height changes the alignment.

Misfit714 09-30-2020 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG (Post 3371761)
Are you driving the car at the same ride height the car was aligned at? You are on bags, changing ride height changes the alignment.

yeah I aligned my car with the ride height at the current psi that my car would be at.

Misfit714 09-30-2020 06:55 PM

The car rode fine on stock suspension it was just the minute I swapped to bags that I had issues. I'll try to post my alignment specs !

Quote:

Originally Posted by norcalpb (Post 3371751)
Could be bad tie rods. When mine were bad it was hard to keep the car straight on the freeway going 70+, and whenever I hit a bump the car would get dragged in the direction of the bump.

Hard to believe your alignment shop wouldn’t notice this though.


soundman98 10-01-2020 12:30 AM

somethings got to be loose, i'd be checking ball joints and wear points on strut assemblies.


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