Re: Why do I need a wheel alignment after each tire rotation?

<condor_222@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dear Experts,
>
> I have a 97 V6 Camry with 135K miles on it.
>
> I just had four new tires put on in February and a wheel
> alignment then too. At 125K approx.
>
> About a month ago, I went in for the free tire rotation.
> And then the steering wheel was pulling to one side again.
>
> I've had a lot of problems with the alignment on the Camry.
>
> It's not like my old Ford. The Ford I had aligned, and it
> stayed aligned for years. I changed tires. No alignment
> required.
>
> But the Camry, it always seems to be going out of alignment.
>
> I had the tires rotated last fall, and again, it then
> required an alignment. That's why I bought new tires.
>
> What do you think? When they do the free tire rotation,
> do the mechanics take a mallet and bash the alignment out,
> so that you then have to get a pricy aligment?
>
> Could this be an indication of some other mechanical problem?
>
> Thanks
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Your car should not need an alignment every time you have the tires rotated.
If the car is driving fine when you bring it in for the rotation and then
pulls after the rotation, then either the tires have a problem or the shop
is purposely putting the car out of alignment. I'd find another shop.
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Ray O
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