Anyone have problems with alinements? Right now mine is pulling to the left... the shop I took it to told me that they alined it so the tires wouldn't wear even though it would pull alittle kinda like a track car(but at least they warrentied it in writing that it wouldn't affect any other parts of dammage my tires). Said that there's only adjustment on the Probes instead of 2 for tire alinement (hope this sounds right I can never remember the names of the 2 adjustment) and that the fixed one might have gotten bent slightly when I curbed the old rim. In which case they told me the only way to correct it would be to put in on a frame straightener. I haven't had any problems with tire wear or anything and was just wondering if this sounded right? If anyone had, had this done or could guess how much it would cost? It doesn't seem to be hurting anything just kinda annoying to hold it straight on a staight road. Thanks for any help, Fred

I think I see where they are going with this, let's see: How bad is it pulling? Is the wheel straight, and it drifts to one side, or do you have to hold the wheel at a noticeable angle to keep it straight. If its the latter, your car may be doing what is called dog-tracking. Basically going down the road sideways. Imagine the rear wheels being on a different "track" than the front wheels, so you have to hold the steering wheel to the side so both wheels are going straight ahead. Thats called a thrust angle alignment, which should be included in a four wheel alignment. My car does this, but it hit a curb at a lot higher speed than you probably did (about 30-40 mph, sideways, breaking the front axle, and bending the rear, probably pushed it to the left an inch or so). Your problem could be as simple as a bent tie-rod or a little more, a bent control arm. You say the shop said there is only one alignment adjustment for the probe, maybe they dont know there are 2. On the front the toe angle (toe-in/toe-out) is adjustable, as well as the camber. The toe is adjustable by turning the tie rod ends on the tie rod, and the camber is adjustable by turning the strut mount on the top of the strut, or by loosening the strut to steering knuckle bolts and pulling or pushing on the strut or knuckle to get the desired camber angle. I dont think the caster is adjustable from the factory, and shouldn't have to be. (could change from accident damage, though) They are right about the frame straightening if its actually bent, but if you ran up on a curb its more likely to be a suspension piece thats bent. You then have two choices, either take it to another shop (make sure they are good, Butler Tire if youre in the Atlanta area) for a second opinion, or have the car put on a frame straightener to see if the body dimensions are within specifications. I guess I should have asked this first, did it do that before you took it there? Well, Fred, hope that wasn't too long. :) Let us know what you find out. P.S. Could you post the alignment specs they gave you (should have before and after numbers) after they finished? Dedric Ramsey dedric@...