HELP! Nasty pull to the left after tires/alignment (archive)
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Posted by Pat in Seattle on January 06, 2002 at 22:12:58:
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Got my new Aquatred 3's mounted on my car three weeks ago, as well as had the tire shop do an alignment. When I picked up the car, they said it pulled to the left, and they blamed it on a defective tire. Called the Tire Rack, another tire was sent out free of charge, and I had the bad one swapped out. No change- car still pulls pretty badly.All front and almost all rear alignment settings are within specs. The couple that are outside are barely outside.
Before I spend big $$$ at the local indie BMW shop, what are some things that could be causing this? The car has a new idler arm and new thrust arm bushings up front. Those were done a couple months ago, and the car drove fine afterward. It never pulled at all until the new tires and new alignment.
I can post the old/new alignment specs, if that would be helpful.
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Pat Newton
'85 524td 148K
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