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alignment problem #325761 05/22/09 02:43 PM 05/22/09 02:43 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,629 wilmington,ohio O ohiodemon OP top fuel
ohiodemon OP top fuel O Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,629 wilmington,ohio	hello,my 72 demon will squeal the front tires and pull to the right when going over a small hill in the road. the car tracks straight and tire wear looks very good. what's causing this ?

Re: alignment problem [Re: ohiodemon] #325762 05/22/09 03:26 PM 05/22/09 03:26 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 9,316 SoCal 68HemiB master
68HemiB master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 9,316 SoCal	Quote: hello,my 72 demon will squeal the front tires and pull to the right when going over a small hill in the road. the car tracks straight and tire wear looks very good. what's causing this ? So to paraphrase, the car tracks straight... except when it's squealing the tires and pulling to the right. A laying-on of hands by a mechanic well-versed in front ends is going to have better results with this problem than asking armchair mechanics on the Internet. If you would like to look for loose and/or shifting parts yourself, that would be a start. From your symptoms, it seems that something is amiss when you unload the suspension. See if you can simulate that statically (at rest) in your driveway, and see what there is to see. How loose are the tie rod ends and idler/pitman arms? Are the upper control arm bushings gone? What about ball joint condition? What is the condition of the rubber portion of the lower control arm bushings? What about those strut rod bushings? How do the wheel bearings feel? Down to just a blue car now.

Re: alignment problem [Re: 68HemiB] #325763 05/22/09 04:13 PM 05/22/09 04:13 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	Give it a good visual inspection(loaded/unloaded)& see if anything jumps out at you & go from there. live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: alignment problem [Re: 68HemiB] #325764 05/22/09 04:58 PM 05/22/09 04:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,629 wilmington,ohio O ohiodemon OP top fuel
ohiodemon OP top fuel O Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,629 wilmington,ohio	thanx to both for replying. i'll jack it up and check things out.

Re: alignment problem [Re: ohiodemon] #325765 05/22/09 06:17 PM 05/22/09 06:17 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,034 NW Indiana deansrr top fuel
deansrr top fuel Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,034 NW Indiana	if front end is ok, have alignment checked, it can go straight and not have tire wear and still be out of alignment Last edited by deansrr; 05/22/09 06:18 PM. 1973 Road Runner 1974 Satellite (for sale) 1973 240z (wifes) 1993 Ramcharger (thanks Devil) 2002 Honda S2000

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