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

i would suspect you have other steering issues such as a bad ball joint
or tierod with excessive play

[email]condor_222@yahoo.com[/email] wrote:
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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[/color]