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Alignment woes - all stock :/

Discussion in '5th Gen 4Runners (2010-2024)' started by joemarshall, Apr 15, 2024.

  1. Apr 15, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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    joemarshall

    joemarshall [OP] New Member

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    I have had 2 alignments done since getting me new to me 2018 4runner. However, it has not helped solve the fact that my rig pulls to the left pretty noticeably. i have to turn the steering wheel about 10 degrees to the right to keep the car straight. here are my specs. thinking of going to a toyota dealer to look at the rear toe as big o tires and firestone said they don’t do alignments/work on the rear axle for these rigs. looking for input or advice, thank you!

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  2. Apr 15, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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    Lost Woods

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    Swap your front tires and take it for a spin. If it changes, swap your right side tires. If it then goes away the now right rear is defective
    with a radial pull. The pull is usually towards the bad tire and it'll only present itself on a steer axle.
     
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  3. Apr 15, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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    Also try a variety of roads driving on both sides of the crown. My rig is sensitive to the crown of the road.
     
  4. Apr 16, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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    This. You need to be 100% sure it's not the tires. Do you have a 100% or near 100% flat road in your town? One that other cars you have driven do not pull in any direction? Use this as testing grounds. Mark tires with chalk on sidewall so you don't get confused. Do front left to right swap-test. Pull change direction? Get better, worse? Take notes and put back in original position. Swap rear-same thing-take notes. Then swap both front and backs left to right. It's a pain but needed. I have had new and old tires have massive radial pull. Once you eliminate tires then you can find a real competent alignment shop and start that process. Without eliminating the tires as the culprit you are wasting money on alignment at this point.
     
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  5. Apr 17, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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    Greg D

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    If you already have a bad wear problem created on a tire then switch tires. I crisscross rotate every other rotation also. Especially with aggressive tred. I just got an alignment and I think caster is supposed to be around 3° +/- .5 which gives better higher speed driving characteristics. Mine is about 4.5° right now because of frozen cam, but I'm going back after fixed. I'll show you mine and I can put left wheel on yellow line at 70mph and it drives itself. I have slight pull to right on some roads. Roads with a higher crown for drainage will make it pull one way or another plus type and size of tires. There's a seam in pavement under yellow and white lines and I put my tires in that because they usually pull towards them depending on the road crown. It's especially helpful in high profile on a windy day. You won't be fighting the wheel being pushed around as much. Alignment won't correct a bad wear problem on a tire.

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