Camry pulling to the right on highway

[skewe]

2000 LE 4cyl. 81000miles.
tires/rims are relatively new. About 10K on Michellin MXV4 plus.

Anyway, I was on a highway and i noticed that my car pulled to the right a bit. If i travelled over 200-300yrds without holding the steering wheel, my right wheel will be touching the white dividing lines of the highway.

Prior to that, I could just not hold the steering wheel and it could go in a straight line. Did not drive my car for the past 2 weeks..

Checked the tires and rims, everything seems OK. After checking the tires at the rest area, tire pressure of the right tires were 1 psi less than the right tires but that should not have caused the car to pull to the right.

I am a bit concerned. Is it the alignment???
Thx

[camlex]

I don't know the technical word but in toyota that adjestment is not available, even you do allignment.

but switch front right to front left,and front left to front right. that will resolve the problem.

Hope this help.

[cam2Xrunner]

Originally Posted by camlex

I don't know the technical word but in toyota that adjestment is not available, even you do allignment.

but switch front right to front left,and front left to front right. that will resolve the problem.

Hope this help.

Yup, it's called Caster. You can only adjust the Toe and Camber(if you have the bolts)

You might have a radial pull, try switching the left and right front tires. That might fix it or make it pull left.

If you can't get rid of the problem, throw a few psi in that right front tire

[Wraith]

same thing happened to me in the Wraith ... I had to replace the a-arm to fixed the problem...

[skewe]

Originally Posted by Wraith

same thing happened to me in the Wraith ... I had to replace the a-arm to fixed the problem...

how much is it to replace the a-arm

is there a quick and less expensive fix?

[skewe]

i might want to rotate my tires tomorrow. it's about time.

[dna59]

I have that caster problem. My frame is bent so I'm used to mine pulling to the side.

[Wraith]

Originally Posted by skewe

how much is it to replace the a-arm

is there a quick and less expensive fix?

retail I think was $280 or $380 something like that .... I have preffered customer pricing at my regular toyota dealership sooo I didnt pay much ...

[tightcamry129]

Originally Posted by Wraith

retail I think was $280 or $380 something like that .... I have preffered customer pricing at my regular toyota dealership sooo I didnt pay much ...

what's an a-arm?

[fredk]

same as a control arm, it runs from the bottom of the front strut to the body

[karugs]

By any chance did you hit anything recently? Perhaps hard braking or gravel? I would think a big jolt would cause the A-arm to bend...you will remember it if any.

[pk_kk]

toyotas have fairly good alignment. i think you should balance and rotate ur tires.

[Carzzz]

Originally Posted by cam2Xrunner

If you can't get rid of the problem, throw a few psi in that right front tire

A Camry gen 4 pulls to the right, too. And did gave a few extra psi to the right front. It is better on take off (does not pull to right as much) and could sustain in a straight line a bit longer. The downside of this is the steering wheel vibrate at high speed, and hopefully it will not affect on sudden braking. BTW, earlier model of gen4 do suffer from the struts problem

[skewe]

Originally Posted by karugs

By any chance did you hit anything recently? Perhaps hard braking or gravel? I would think a big jolt would cause the A-arm to bend...you will remember it if any.

did not drive the car for a quite some time.
I did not hit anything or did any hard braking.
any idea how this happened besides hitting something or braking.

[totalreborn]

it could have just been the wind....strong winds usually push cars to the side when going maybe over 60...drive the car now see if anything changed