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Irish, sounds like a wheel alignment issue. I would take the car in and have them do an alignment. From there, they will tell you if anything is wrong. Could be something in the front end, could be something in the rear, hard to say. A quick check that you can do is get down to the tire level and take a look at all the tires. Do any of them lean in at the top? Also, compare the angle that the front tires are sitting at. Do they both seem to point in the same direction at the same angle? Not the easiest thing to necessarily see, but that may give you an idea of which wheel might be bad. Odds are, atleast one of your problems will be the rear tires and the lower track arms (the ones on the bottom on the front side of the hub) will have worn bushings and will need replaced (this causes the rear tires to point outward and if only 1 tire has this condition, could cause a pulling).
This is assuming that you have a constant pull. If it only pulls when you are braking, then you should be looking at the brake calipers for the right front wheel.
This is assuming that you have a constant pull. If it only pulls when you are braking, then you should be looking at the brake calipers for the right front wheel.
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swap the front tires side to side. if it still pulls right, its alignment. if it goes straight or goes left now, then its radial tire pull. If it still pulls right (drift) then have it aligned, tell them it pulls or drifts rights and if the alignment is not far out at a setting that someone that knows how to align, would not say that it goes right from the before setting. Then they can always set the rear rudder of the car to combat drift..ie it goes right the point the rear tires right
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Well switched the tires and no change.If I let go the wheel she will change lanes by her self,I think the rear rudder thing you mentioned might have been a fix a while ago it seems preety bad now ,so I guess it's the rear rack did I mention the wheel shakes a bit as well ...guess I'll get it up on a hoist,Does anyone mechaically enclined know how many hours of knuckle busting it will take to replace the rear passenger rack arm.
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Had the same problem. Mine ended up being a bent rim (caused by damn potholes!) and a bent strut and some bent coil i believe. Got the rim refurbished, had the strut and coil replaced, and a wheel alignment. Car does not pull anymore but as far as riding really awkward on the front passenger side, mine still does the same thing and it feels like the car is gonna break. but o well, at least i dont swerve into other lanes now
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Mine was/is due to someone going mad with the weights when balancing the wheel. They did not properly remove the old weights before new ones were put on. I switched the offending wheel to the rear and the problem has gone. For a permanent fix the car is going to an alloy wheel reburbisher to have all of the weights taken off all of the wheels and the job done properly.
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mine was/is due to someone going mad with the weights when balancing the wheel. They did not properly remove the old weights before new ones were put on. I switched the offending wheel to the rear and the problem has gone. For a permanent fix the car is going to an alloy wheel reburbisher to have all of the weights taken off all of the wheels and the job done properly.
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