HELP! continued pulling to right side even after professional allignment

[xikyle]

my car pulled to the right side pretty hard before i got it aligned and the steering wheel was off to the left, this was after i installed 2 new control arms and bushings. I did notice the sway bar link boots were ripped.
I took the car to get it aligned. afterward the cute girl who sold me the alignment told me the car was WAY out of alignment but they got it right.
The car STILL pulls to the right when i take my hand off the wheel. Ill scan the final camber caster and toe #'s later but what could this be?!:letitout:

[jlevie]

In the stock configuration only front toe is adjustable. Damage to the front suspension that causes unequal camber between the sides can cause the car to pull. As can mis-alignment of the rear wheels from damage to the trailing arms or worn trailing arm bushings. And unevely worn or mismatched tires can cause a pull.

[CorvallisBMW]

Could be a dragging brake caliper

[xikyle]

I think its tires... The guy who had the car before me ran the right front flat. Ill check calipers and trailing arms this weekend

[DRTSRFR]

Swap the front wheels/tires to the opposite sides.
If the car pulls in the other direction, it's the tires.

This happened on my STi and it took 9 tires to get 4 good ones. Pirelli FTL.

[Mullet Bullet]

How is the road crown were you live? One thing to keep in mind is that yes they can get the alignment specs perfect but if the car is then set up for a flat road and you drive on one that has a large crown you will notice a pull to the right. Also tire pressure and depth make a big difference.

[KenC]

Worn trailing arm bushings can cause this as Jim noted above. My front is dead straight, but my rear is uneven so it pulls slightly.

[agile30]

Could also be your strut mounts. If the bearing is binding it will pull to one side. Ask me how I know this shit.

[xikyle]

well, they swapped the tire to the other side of the car, and now the rotation has been reversed but it now pulls to the LEFT Side. But when the steering wheel is centered the car goes straight.
Only problem is now the car feels as squirley as a straight man in a Strictly EX-con gay bar.
it also likes to sway pitch and roll over bumps at freeway speeds over 85 MPH.
Im pretty sure it needs shocks. Im going to do those later when i have money for coil-overs and sway bars and bushings.




Road crown is moderate to slightly severe on the 405
trailing arms are probably fucked
and i know for a fact one of my rear shock mounts is fucked.

We ARE getting somewhere with this little money sucking, time eating, girlfriend irritating little red Bavarian toy, will begin posting pics for before and afters in my albums once i start doing the upgrade mods. I've got big plans for this little car. :-)

[DRTSRFR]

Try the rears in front and see what happens.

[Mullet Bullet]

wait you said you swapped tires and now it pulls the other way? if thats correct then its your TIRES

[reelizmpro]

Easy...put more air in the right tires lol. Problem solved. =]

[xikyle]

i allready swapped fronts to rears, nothing. then i swapped front right to front left, then the pulling changed directions to the left side. it is my tires. but, ill end up doing for poly bushings and replacing sway bars, and installing coil overs and changing wheels and so on and so forth, so there is no reason to replace the tires

[xikyle]

its radial pull...

[davem]

its radial pull...

So it was the tires? Even when you rotated them back to front? Interesting because I'm having a similar issue and thought that if you rotated front to back and the issue remained, tires are ruled out...