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    Take a look at my alignment spec sheet

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    • Highlander
      Highlander last edited by Highlander

      Car was pulling to the right, not terrible but noticeable. I checked it on multiple roads so I knew it wasn’t just groves in the road.
      So I got an alignment like I’m supposed to and... it doesn’t appear anything was amiss. What am missing?
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      And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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      • MisterButtercup
        MisterButtercup last edited by MisterButtercup

        Not sure why the clam sauce pictures are in there😂, and if I'm reading that right, doesn't seem like anything is too strange...

        Meandering Road
        Dreams of shifting sweet and smooth
        Peacefully I drive

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        • CB
          CB @Highlander last edited by

          @highlander Is your steering wheel on straight?

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          • Highlander
            Highlander @CB last edited by

            @cb Yes, wheel is straight. I'm wondering if it's the tires.

            And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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            • Highlander
              Highlander @MisterButtercup last edited by

              @misterbuttercup Who doesn't want a fine clam sauce?

              And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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              • Italia
                Italia last edited by

                While cento certainly cans a fine tomato I would argue the clam sauce is non buono.

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                • WhoIsTheLeader
                  WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                  $3.59? That's exactly reasonable.

                  Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                  • Highlander
                    Highlander @Italia last edited by

                    @italia I've always just added canned clams straight to alfredo, have I been doing it wrong?

                    And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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                    • ITA97
                      ITA97 last edited by

                      A little more toe-in now may make it a little less likely to follow imperfections or respond to the crown in the road. But, my guess might be that there could've been a tire issue. Checking and setting tire pressures are usually the first thing a good alignment tech will do after putting the car on the rack.

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                      • Italia
                        Italia last edited by

                        Well if it makes you happy I guess it's not "wrong" but it sure isn't authentic. I'm fine with canned clams(living in Utah even freshish is hard to find) but they should be in a white wine sauce. The cento ones pictured have a weird taste to the sauce that would be masked by al fredo sauce but not by a wine sauce. I prefer just a canned clam in juice if I can't get fresh search for a spaghetti vongole recipe on youtube.

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                        • MisterButtercup
                          MisterButtercup @Highlander last edited by

                          @highlander honestly never had clam sauce(to my knowledge). My mom never cooked with anything resembling seafood growing up. I remember eating popcorn shrimp at a friend's house when I was around 8, and didn't have anything until I was...18 or in my 20s

                          Meandering Road
                          Dreams of shifting sweet and smooth
                          Peacefully I drive

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                          • beefchips
                            beefchips @ITA97 last edited by

                            @ita97 said in Take a look at my alignment spec sheet:

                            A little more toe-in now may make it a little less likely to follow imperfections or respond to the crown in the road. But, my guess might be that there could've been a tire issue. Checking and setting tire pressures are usually the first thing a good alignment tech will do after putting the car on the rack.

                            Interesting, I know little about alignment except that if it's bad you'll steer off the road or maybe f* your tires. If one tire is less inflated, that causes a pull to one side?

                            Civic Si. LR3. Looking for a boat and yeti 3000 iced down w silver bullets

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                            • beefchips
                              beefchips @MisterButtercup last edited by

                              @misterbuttercup said in Take a look at my alignment spec sheet:

                              @highlander honestly never had clam sauce(to my knowledge). My mom never cooked with anything resembling seafood growing up. I remember eating popcorn shrimp at a friend's house when I was around 8, and didn't have anything until I was...18 or in my 20s

                              Mmm popcorn shrimp, sooo good. Man I can't wait to travel again when the pandemic is over. I want to go back to SE Asia where everything has multiple kinds of fish in it. Cuttlefish crunchies for the win!
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                              Civic Si. LR3. Looking for a boat and yeti 3000 iced down w silver bullets

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                              • VincentMalamute
                                VincentMalamute @beefchips last edited by

                                @beefchips said in Take a look at my alignment spec sheet:

                                If one tire is less inflated, that causes a pull to one side?

                                That would make sense. Underflated front tire would have more rolling resistance and pull the car to that side.

                                @Highlander If what @ITA97 speculates about a tire issue is correct, that may be easily diagnosed by swapping wheels.

                                ...meh...

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                                • pip bip
                                  pip bip @Highlander last edited by

                                  @highlander road camber?

                                  2014 Chery J3 - (18/7/20) meh.
                                  2011 Geely MK 1.5L (1/7/21)
                                  🇺🇦

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                                  • ITA97
                                    ITA97 @beefchips last edited by

                                    @beefchips Absolutely, especially if there is a big difference.

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                                    • Highlander
                                      Highlander @pip bip last edited by

                                      @pip-bip I drove it on several different roads with camber and flat, it was consistently pulling to the right.

                                      And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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                                      • pip bip
                                        pip bip @Highlander last edited by

                                        @highlander than it has to be a tyre issue
                                        Get the tyre shop to take them off the rim and flip them
                                        Maybe that will help?
                                        Inner tyre wall to outside and outside tyre wall to inside

                                        2014 Chery J3 - (18/7/20) meh.
                                        2011 Geely MK 1.5L (1/7/21)
                                        🇺🇦

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                                        • beefchips
                                          beefchips @ITA97 last edited by

                                          @ita97 said in Take a look at my alignment spec sheet:

                                          @beefchips Absolutely, especially if there is a big difference.

                                          TIL. Thanks!

                                          Civic Si. LR3. Looking for a boat and yeti 3000 iced down w silver bullets

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                                          • dieseldub
                                            dieseldub @Highlander last edited by

                                            @highlander Speaking as someone who used to do wheel alignments and only wheel alignments all day (over a decade ago now, but still... I haven't forgot the lessons)...

                                            That alignment is infact just fine. Your car pulling is 100% caused by sources outside the alignment. Sometimes a worn suspension bushing can contribute, but the more likely scenario is a tire problem. Tires can wear unevenly, I've even had numerous brand new tires cause pull problems because of imperfect manufacturing. It's frequently referred to as a "radial pull."

                                            Easiest way to verify if it is infact the tires causing the pull, remove the two front tires and swap their positions. If the tires were infact causing the pull, this usually causes the pull to now go to the opposite side or, sometimes it fixes it. If you notice a change, it's almost certainly caused by the tires.

                                            While it's in the air, never a bad idea to give each individual wheel a turn, make sure there's no dragging brakes.

                                            Other odd things I've encountered are steering racks that are actually trying to steer themselves slightly. On hydraulically assisted racks, it can be due to a valve issue internally where it's applying significantly more assist to one side over the other.

                                            I've had electric power steering racks cause such issues as well, though not always due to a failure of the rack, but can be a bad calibration of the steering angle sensor. Electric racks need input from the steering angle sensor to figure out which direction you're intending to turn and thus which direction it tells the motor to apply assist to the rack.

                                            If the steering angle sensor is calibrated incorrectly, it can certainly cause the rack to apply assist in one direction all the time, effectively making it steer itself and making you have to hold the wheel a little the opposite direction to keep the car going straight.

                                            The fix there is to get a scan tool that has the OEM protocols that give you the ability to recalibrate the steering angle sensor to the angle the wheel naturally should center itself at driving down the road.

                                            A good scan tool could also give you live data to show what the current steering angle is reading, that way you have an idea of just how far off the calibration is when you put the wheel dead center and then look at how many degrees the sensor is reporting. +/- 4 degrees is about where you want to see it. Ideally within 1 degree when properly calibrated.

                                            Oppo's VAG and Euro diesel nerd and wrench turner.

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                                            • BritsnSwedes was MINIGTI
                                              BritsnSwedes was MINIGTI @Highlander last edited by

                                              @highlander not impossible- my Jaguar was pulling to the right pretty good and wearing the tires unevenly because there’s no way to really correct the camber. Asked my Jag mechanic if he could do anything about it. He swapped the tires around and now it tracks pretty straight, even with janky bushings and who knows how far off spec it is.

                                              85 Jaguar XJ6; 98 SAAB 900 convertible
                                              13 MINI
                                              16 Volvo V60CC
                                              76 TR6

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                                              • Highlander
                                                Highlander @dieseldub last edited by

                                                @dieseldub thanks for the details, I’ll start with switching the tires around.

                                                And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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                                                • Highlander
                                                  Highlander @pip bip last edited by

                                                  @pip-bip they are directional snow tires, so theoretically I’m only supposed to move them front to back and not side to side but I’m guessing they will still work fine if they are set backwards. I’ll do it for science.

                                                  And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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                                                  • pip bip
                                                    pip bip @Highlander last edited by

                                                    @highlander stupid thought do the have any Markings on them saying inside or outside?

                                                    I have seen some tyres with that on the sidewall

                                                    2014 Chery J3 - (18/7/20) meh.
                                                    2011 Geely MK 1.5L (1/7/21)
                                                    🇺🇦

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