Toyota Camry: Camry still drifting left after alignment

Stevie Ray wrote: 

Is the steering wheel properly centered? Notice any smell from the
brakes that might indicate a dragging brake? Any reason to suspect the
car has been subjected to a major suspension jolt? Have you tried
swapping the tires from side to side to see if this has any affect (I
know this is unlikely since you have new tires).

I would suggest trying a different alignment shop. The equipment is only
as good as the operator. Check with people you know and try to find an
experienced alignment shop.

References:

http://members.aol.com/carleyware/library/steerpul.htm
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/tr/tr50244.htm

Ed

Ah, nothing like moving far left. I'm far left, what the problem? I've
hijacked the democrat party.

Thanks Ed. That was going to be my next try. I just thought since it
was in warranty that Toyota should do it. 

My 98 Camry with 55K miles and new tires pulls to the right, more then the
normal drift caused by "road crown". I bought the car used and the dealer
had put a cheap set of tires on it, I contribute the pull to the tires, one
of these days I'm going to get around to rotating the tires. So far I've
made sure to keep the tire pressure correct and pretty much just drive the
car, I don't drive the car enough to justify worrying about the pull too
much, I've thought of putting a little more air in the right side tires but
haven't tried that yet. I'm keeping an eye on the tires to see if the wear
on the tires is even, but other then that I just drive it.
The alignment is sometimes set up for a slight left pull bias to overcome
the normal "road crown", you might ask that it be set more neutral, you can
also ask for the max amount of caster so the wheels will try to run
straight.

"C. E. White" wrote:
 

Not a good idea (safety/handling) to vary tire pressure from side to side to
compensate!

"ZZZonka Tonka" <bonka> wrote in message
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ZZZonka Tonka <bonka> being of bellicose mind posted: 
 

ED. You JUST might discover that caster and camber are not
adjustable on Camry. Check it out. ONLY toe. Maybe you should
investigate how many Fords are similar.
--

-Philip

"Whatever is a choice will become chosen"

Cover your eyes while I tell everyone else about this,
Stut bending or after market adjustment kits, off set bushings etc.
anything to get a hundred thousand miles on down the road.

"Philip®" wrote:
 

"Stevie Ray" <com> wrote in message
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There ar a number of ways to apply compensating adjustments to correct a
cars tendency (when the reason is difficult to find) to pull to one side,
even after correct alignment.

Most aligners just do the job using the specs supplied by the manufacturer
and then hand it back. I would ask the aligner to make an adjustment to the
castor and/or camber to bring the car back to straight-tracking.
The real reason the car pulls, maybe due to a factor everyone has missed or
not even checked ie the body-chassis is out of alignment or not 'square'. By
this I mean the wheel-base and or track is not equal. There has to be a
reason.

Jason