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I found why my parking break was weak :mrgreen:

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Goupil wrote: 19 Mar 2019, 14:44 I found why my parking break was weak :mrgreen:

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Had both control arms and both inner and outer tie-rods replaced as well as an alignment.

Now instead of pulling to the right it pulls to the left. You can't make this stuff up...
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Oh crap, wcm. At least you don’t have to JB weld your brake linings back on...
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wizechatmgr wrote: 19 Mar 2019, 21:57 Had both control arms and both inner and outer tie-rods replaced as well as an alignment.

Now instead of pulling to the right it pulls to the left. You can't make this stuff up...
I have the same thing happening to me before on more than one car.

If you don't have rotational tires cross swap the fronts and see if that solves it.
This helped me already a few times.

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Spare set of wheels if you want to try a swap, too.
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It's amazing how tires will cause a pull, I had that after rotating my tires when I was riding on the stock Antlias. Definitely worth a shot.
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Post by WhatAmIDoing »

Rotate tires and check pressures as well, just a 1psi difference can cause a pull to one side (can also be used to fix a pull).

Even when the alignment shop gets her to drive straight, there's always a pothole lurking around the corner waiting to put an end to that.
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abscate wrote: 20 Mar 2019, 02:44 Oh crap, wcm. At least you don’t have to JB weld your brake linings back on...
It's on my to-do list... =P
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abscate wrote: 19 Mar 2019, 12:02 Last college drop off....Elizabeth still has the character marks from where 6 year old Caitlin shoveled snow off with an ice scraper
Hit 228000 today. Three days around metro Philly. Tough roads down here. I see why you Guys’s get 100k on your suspensions, max
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