[Shop-talk] Car pulls left

[David Scheidt]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 9:01 AM David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 6:41 AM Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
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> > On Mar 24, 2022, at 11:05 PM, David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Take it to a body shop, I'd bet it's been crashed, and poorly repaired.
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> > Perhaps, however, even if the car was crushed into a ball and unfolded, as long as the wheels are in alignment, it shouldn't matter, right? The wheels are 4 independent points in space, which the alignment machine measures. It's not like things are fine when pointed straight but go to hell when I turn the wheel - it's when pointed straight that something puts a torque into the steering.
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> > What I'm searching for is a way that the alignment numbers would read in spec but something is still putting a force on the system.
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> The alignment rack isn't measuring the relationship of the wheels.
> the left wheels are supposed to be directly to the left of the right
> wheels, and the back wheels directly behind (or a specified offset)
> the front ones.  If you move a front wheel forward or back, the car
> won't go straight, but the alignment can be correct.
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David Scheidt
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