Mark
Does the truck also pull to the right when you brake with your hands
off the wheel? I personally do not like to drive a vehicle that pulls to
either side; if it does I get it fixed.
My guess is that you need first check all the front end parts for
wear then take it to an alignment shop you trust, someone who knows S10
trucks, and get a 4 wheel alignment, just in case the front and/or rear are
slightly tweaked. Also, get a very good written description of any
problems and send a copy to previous owner and his dealership son, if you
want. A print out of the alignment numbers before and after any work is
good to have also.
Just because they work in the auto business doesn't mean they know
anything about auto mechanics.
The alignment on my 88 Mustang was well within manufacturing specs
but it wore the edges off the front tires within 10,000 miles. I changed
the camber to -3/4 deg to stop the wear problem and it corners much better
too.
Ron Fraser
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From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of CoolVT@aol.com
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:44 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Non Tiger-- Front end alignment
Front end alignment.
My son is purchasing a used, low mileage 2001 S10 Chevy pickup. The truck
is
excellent and owned by a retired gentleman. When I test drove it I noticed
that with hands off the wheel that it wandered to the right and would be off
the road in about 300-400 feet. I tried this on a variety of roads. I've
been told by a few alignment people over the years that vehicle specs and
design make an allowance for the crown in the road and that a car should go
straight even on a crowned road.
I mentioned this fact to the owner and he claimed that he had the local
Chevy
dealership check the alignment twice and that it was spot on. They went on
to tell him that it's designed this way so that if a driver feel asleep at
the wheel that the car would drift off the road to the right rather than
into
oncoming traffic. This seems like the wildest story that I've heard in
quite
a while.
The thing that lends a slight credence to the story is that the man's son is
a long time executive of the dealership and he supposedly looked into it
personally. The "drift off the road story" came back from him.
Well, is this all BS or what??
Mark L.
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