'97 car pulling to the left

Dear All I ran into problem which is strange to me

On speed over 40 m/h car pulling to the left but I hold steering wheel strait. Showed car to local dealer. They have checked alignment , which was fine and said they see to problem. I have this problem for a while but with old tires that is barely noticeable. But it was easy to see that outside quoter of tire from left front wheel is almost bald same time as left surface has some protector. And I skip only one tire rotation as was about to replace them. With new tires I have hold steering wheel turned slightly right to make car go strait ....

Have somebody experienced such problem ? What can I check to find the reason of this problem ?

Thanks in advance Vitali

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Vitali
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If the front left shoulder is bald from applying correction,..then something is badly wrong. These cars track very well and should never pull to one side. It sounds as tho the car may have sustained some steering geometry changes after being dropped into to pot-hole in the road on the left front road-wheel. This can reduce the castor on that side causing pulling to that side. Castor on McPherson strut cars is usually not adjustable, but can be

*measured* for any problems on the optical aligning/check machines. Make sure the aligner checks *castor* as well as toe and camber.

There are other possibilities,..but generally a car will pull to the side with 1. the least castor 2. the most positive camber or with toe-problems. If one wheel has significant negative camber, the car will pull to the opposite wheel.

All this is asuming you have checked the air-pressure and the tyres are more or less matched on each axle.

If the rear wheel alignment is out by a significant amount, this will also cause tracking problems.

Jason

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Jason James

If a tire is going bald you have a serious problem. It may not be alignment but dragging brake or sagging coil spring (check you ride height) or loose suspension components.

That generation Camrys has poor suspension.

Reply to
johngdole

Ehh? Dont think so.

Jason

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Jason James

I agree with the previous poster. I had a 94 and a 97 Camry. Both were 4 cylinder models. The springs in the 97 are certainly weaker than the 94 was. The back end of the 97 has always scraped the driveway with passengers unless I inch in/out of the driveway. The 94 never did that and I had it more years with more mileage.

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badgolferman

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