Do I need an alignment?
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American Muscle
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Do I need an alignment?
So I took my truck in to get the tires balanced, rotated, and aligned. I told the guy that it was pulling to the right. He said no problem and would look into it. Multiple hours later I get a call saying my truck is ready. I get there only to find out they "didnt have time" to do my alignment. I said ok fine, give me my truck back and Ill bring it in later. Im paranoid about shops because of all the stories you hear so I made sure my tires and wheels and been balanced and rotated. I made sure i hadnt washed my truck in a while before doing this. Sure enough the wheels that had break dust were now in the rear, and I could see where the old weights used to be (because there was a clean spot on the rim) so was content. I got back in my truck and drove off only to discover my truck is now pulling to the left at the same degree it was to the right. Is this because of wear in my tires? Do I need an Alignment? Did they balance it wrong? Im not a guru when it comes to alignment and tires so help me out before I go spend 70 bucks to get it aligned. Thanks.
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are all of your tires identical? or at least the front tires identical and the rear tires identical... I have an odd tire and it pulls and causes noticeable road noise
#6
American Muscle
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Yes, all 4 tires are identical. They are the stock tires.
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I just got my tires balance and rotated. Truck would pull to the right before. Still did it afterwards so I assumed it was my alignment. Just got my alignment done, and I SWEAR it feels like it 'wants' to pull to the left... guess I'll be pressing my ball joints out the LCA this weekend and getting it re-aligned.
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How often do you rotate your tires? It sounds like they are not wearing evenly...I say this because I had this happen on my Ford Ranger....I was always to busy to check the air pressure snd rotate them....Learn my lesson after having to buy new tires....Another thing...I like to watch them work on my truck if it's not going to take long...I wanna make sure they ARE doing what I asked for.Most of the time it's young kids(God I'm old) doing it....not that I don't trust them....just want the peace of mind....just my .002
#10
American Muscle
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This is the 2nd time now. Ive done it around 15k both times. Im going to check the air pressure today because I noticed one tire looked a little low. Im afraid they didnt wear evenly.