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ZDan,
I was giving a play by play conversation and missing important pieces maybe. The supervisor/manager had a technician struggle when installing my 1 lug nut out of the 5. He approached me with the problem single lug nut in hand saying. "Hey I just want to inform you this lug nut is not going on the vehicle and after examining we believe the prior person who worked on this vehicle damaged it." I asked for it to not be installed so I could examine it or repair on my own. He refused that stating policy says they have to put it back on the car and they believe they will be able to get it on enough for it to hold. He then mentioned he could write me up a quote but could not install it same day I would need to come back. He ran back into the garage area after that.
When the technician was driving my car back around. I walked out and I showed my receipt and asked for my Key Fob, Lock Nut, and the copy of the alignment. I inquired with him about the problem lug nut and he walked me over to the right side (passenger side). He said he wasn't the one that worked on it but the guy that was working on it had a weak gun and couldn't get it on. But he didn't have a problems. <--= contradicting imo
I then took it home Saturday experience the problem on parkway. Sunday morning I took the tires off to see if maybe the lug nut issue was the cause of the car acting crazy at 58+ and checked the lug nut. I didn't see anything out of the normal.
I have now driven 209 Miles and problem still persists but I haven't done much of what was suggestion outside of lowering tire pressure back to the 30 psi. I visually inspected and tugged on different pieces but I cant seem to see what is rubbing.
I have not had a call back from them yet but I intend to stop by today to see if we can come to a resolution. I agree with your thought about this not being a tire issue. I just do not know what to look for on the tie rod for problem.
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ZionsWrath You are absolutely right, I actually finally got my safety sticker so I have all the time in the world. I personally think the Kumho tires are perfectly fine for what I need I am by no means a reckless person at least not anymore
. I have been rolling around happy on my bald Michelin Primacy HP tires they worked fine for me. I imagined if bald dry rooted tires satisfied me that much then any new tire will appease the demand I need or request at least that was my thought. I don't think the tires are the problem but I don't know for sure.
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Racecomp Engineering Thanks for the information Andrew I took your recommendation to lower the psi. I don't know how to check the rear tie rod but I haven't researched so thats on me. I am trying to come to an agreement with parties involved I just feel I paid for a service that I got half of. I got new tires but my car is not normal to me. I don't think theres anything wrong with the Pep Boys brand but this is an experience that isn't favorable for the future. All in all thanks for the feedback.