What do you define as 'a little'? My car has been through 3 alignments, 2 rotations, and even flipped the tires around on the rims and it still pulls 'a little' to the left. And by that I mean a slow pull, like the road is too crowned..

 

That's how this is too. On a perfectly flat road my car makes it seem as though it's crowned sharply.

 

Yep... I think I'm gonna have to do some measuring and plumb-bob tests myself.. I swear the car's thrust alignment is outta wack even though the 2 shops I went too say it isnt according to their machines.. Its about the only other thing I can think of

 

Only spot for alignment on our cars is at the tie rod ends.

Check your drivers side tie rod end for play in the ball joint. Although, at 140k miles, if your control arms/tie rod ends havent been replaced, you are likely driving on several worn bushings and ball joints on the front end that could affect your driveline.

 

All front control arms and tie rods were recently replaced.

The last shop that aligned it told me there was one adjustment they were unable to make. They said I would have to take it to the dealer for that.

 

im really curious what the problem is...i've been following this thread bcuz i have exact same problem as you a2thy.

when accelerating from stop, it pulls to the right.
when crusing, my steering wheel have to be kept a little to the right. little as in very little.
when crusing and changing lanes, i dont have to shift my steering wheel as much when changing to the left lane compared to changing to a right lane.

its hard to explain, and something someone needs to get in the driver seat and drive. also i havent really seen any uneven tire wear.


just recently though....i did notice a lot more brake dust on my front passenger wheel than the drivers side...so i gotta look into that.

 

vgo that sounds exactly like a bad tie rod end. Replace them in pairs.

Only spot for front end alignment is the tie rod ends, I promise.

 

Add this to the equation:
https://www.audiforums.com/forum/sho...44#post1237244

"sigh"


I'll take your word for it onepoint8tee, but the alignment shop seemed pretty sure that there was another adjustment that could only be made by the dealer. Any idea what they were talking about?

 

well you can only move a wheel 4 ways right lol is the shop using lasers? or the refectors?

 

the front end camber can be adjusted by using a tool the dealer has to shift the subfram