Pulls to right

[dddcccmack]

He said he did get a shop alinment but it didnt fix the problem. I wonder if he has a rear aliment problem causing the front to pull? when he does get it fixed i hope he post a message . . what was the cause.

[Huney1]

Having the frame checked isn't the same as an alignment,

[NScarpi]

First of all I want to thank you each and every one that tried to give me a lead on how to fix this. They were all good suggestions, none solved the problem, but by eliminating them I ruled out the things that were not a problem. You can believe me I racked my brain at this. My next step was to take it to have the frame checked even though I knew it wasn't the problem. I couldn't think of anything else to do. I decided to recheck everything and I started back at the fact that the steering wheel wasn't straight after the alignment. The shop told me that they couldn't straighten the steering wheel because the passenger side tie rod was out of threads, and it would be unsafe to adjust it any further. I took the tie rod off and lo and behold they were wrong. The driver side tie rod had 2 1/2 inches of thread, the passenger side had 4 inches. They were going by the amount of threads that they could see without unscrewing the tie rod end to verify the true amount of threads on the rod that screws into the tie rod end. After finding this, I adjusted the tie rods so that the steering wheel was straight. The car no longer pulls. The only reason I can come up with that makes sense is that because the steering wheel (Rack) was not in it's proper position the power steering was trying to center it. With the wheels adjusted so that the car would veer to the right when the steering wheel was centered, the car seemed to pull to the right. Holding the steering wheel slightly to the left gave you a feeling of the car pulling to the right because the power steering was trying to center the wheel (Rack). Well at least that's my guess of what was happening. I hope that I put it into words correctly because I'm Italian and find it very hard to write a good email without hand and arm movements.
Again I Thank All You for your help
Nick

[Huney1]

"The shop told me that they couldn't straighten the steering wheel because the passenger side tie rod was out of threads, and . . . etc. The driver side tie rod had 2 1/2 inches of thread, the passenger side had 4 inches. They were going by the amount of threads that they could see without unscrewing the tie rod end to verify the true amount of threads on the rod that screws into the tie rod end."

Sad but true; The incompetence in the auto repair industry is astounding. There are some good shops but if you find one consider it a treasure. I hope you give them a piece of your mind and ask them for a refund for causing you so much time and aggrivation. Main thing is you got it fixed and we wish you many miles of happy carefree motoring and the best in 07.

I had a shop tell me the main computer in my 03 Vulcan was bad and needed replacing. I mentioned it to the guy behind the counter at Auto Zone and he said when I got home disconnect the negative battery terminal and leave it loose all night and it would re-set the computer to factory new. Next morning I hooked it up, cranked up and let idle 15 min then went about my business and lo and behold my Taurus was healed, no more roughg idle, no surging and it has been running great for 6K miles.

I went back to the shop and said the $75. bucks you charged me for diagnostic was for naught and the man at Auto Zone did a better job FREE with a marvelous tool called E X P E R I E N C E. Wouldn't refund my money but said they'd give me a free oil change or credit it to future repairs. OK, better than nothing.

[shorod]

Nick, thank you for the follow-up with details on what the problem likely was. Also, thank you for understanding that even with the support of all of us on the forum, you may not always get an answer.