Steering Alignment off all the sudden

Slo5Oh89

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Jun 9, 2011

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Would anyone have a idea why my alignment if off all the sudden? You have to hold the wheel a little to the left 2 inches or so for it to steer straight! All I recently did was jack up the car rotate the trires from the rear to the front. And the front drivers side tire looked a little worn on the out side of the tire the inner tread was fine. Any Ideas?

 

ID89GT

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Check tire pressures

 

90mustangGT

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Jun 9, 2011

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You mean it's pulling? (you let go of the steering wheel and it drifts to the side)

Most likely a tire pull. Put the LF wheel on the RF, and the RF on the LF, if it then pulls the other direction, you need new tires.

 

Blandnuts

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FloorDuh

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^Only if they're nondirectional.

 

Slo5Oh89

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Jun 10, 2011

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Yes if you let go of the wheel it pulls to the right. The tires are directional and I took the ones from the front put them on the back on the same side so they spin the same way as the arrows in the tires point. There is tons of tread on all tires so they should not need replaced. Do I just need to go get an alignment? By the way the suspension is fully stock from '89 car has 71K miles

 

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9thIsland

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swap the tires back to where they were, if the pull goes away its a tire pull. if not maybe a control arm bushing is worn or control arm bolt came loose.