1998 s70 Pulling towards right

raykan · Post by **raykan** » 29 May 2014, 17:52

my s70 is always pulling to right, even after alignment service. I talked to guy who did alignment, he couldn't say anything other than the car's alignment is good and he also realized during test drive that car has tendency to pull right.
Tires are a year old and balanced.
What would be the reason?

Post by **deepsouth** » 29 May 2014, 18:47

Need more details. Pulls to the right while braking? Pulls to the right when steering wheel is straight and you let go? Steers straight while wheel is turned to right (or left)?

Have you tried swapping front wheels in an effort to eliminate tires?

Eric

Post by **MoVolvos** » 30 May 2014, 00:59

raykan wrote:
my s70 is always pulling to right, even after alignment service... What would be the reason?

Can you provide the Before and After Specs? My hunch is the Castor is higher on left and is unfortunately not adjustable. Most shops won't tweek the Camber either so they'll just "set the toe and let go".

Blessings,
BKM
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Post by **rmmagow** » 30 May 2014, 08:45

And check your tire pressures. Mine would feel like a slight pull when one tire was about 15# under all the others due to a bad valve.

Post by **E Showell** » 30 May 2014, 09:19

Thrown wheel weight and dragging brake caliper are other possible causes.

Post by **rmmagow** » 30 May 2014, 10:54

If you have a infrared temp reader you can easily find a dragging brake by driving for a while, stopping and pointing to the same relative spot towards the center on each wheel, I generally use a lug nut. A dragging brake will read a much higher temp on a dragging wheel.