I figured out why it kept pulling to the right...

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I figured out why it kept pulling to the right...

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Check out the "before" column on the front wheels. The "toe" values were the worst of all. I was never convinced that the family friend/mechanic that aligned my truck after the lift had the alignment right. I also hit a really bad pothole about a month ago. My local Chevy dealership charged $90 and had it completed in about an hour and 30 minutes. My truck was pulling to the right really bad at highway speeds. I can pretty much take my hands off the wheel and it will stay straight now.
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Yeah some people aren't so good at doing alignments...I took mine to Belle Tire and paid $80 something and got a printout like yours showing they were all adjusted to be in the green. The camber on the back wheels always looked off and it still had a little pull. Had it aligned last summer when I got new tires, paid $50 and the guys were real cool and showed me the readings and just *shoot* with me while they were working because it was just a small shop. But after that it doesn't pull and the camber on the rear actually looks correct
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I found a local shop here that does nothing but alignments "Alignment specialties" and they do a 4 wheel alignment for $75 and $60 for a 2 wheel.

Had the same issue with my burb abnd they fixed it after Les schwab had it 2 times. The first time they charged the same price and the second time they did it for free. It took him one time to fix it.
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Hard to find someone who can do great alignments...

There was a Guy at Goodyear once upon a time that did amazing alignments... My cars would always track 100% when he was done... Even the stealership couldn't get it quite right...

There is another shop that does a good Job... But the problem is that they are the best locally.... Their alignments are always booked out 1 week....

However, we had Mariks buick aligned at a local place( same day ) and it drives great... Guy did a good job on the alignment..
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