Okay I should be able to answer this on my own but would like some input.

alignment needed to be done, got it done, numbers were perfect, toe, camber, etc.. but now when I drive, letting go of the steering wheel the car pulls slightly (not quickly) to the right, to compensate I have to steer to the left slightly.

How can it be that if the alignment is "perfect" on the rack, and centered steering wheel this can happen?

I did feel the tread and there was a slight cupping on the right tire. Maybe a tire causing it to pull? I was thinking leave the tires in the aligned in the correct position wouldn't the tires just wear back to a non-pulling shape? any thoughts?? they are appreciated....

 

generally this is correct just as its just slightly.. because its a safety precaution so you do not drive into oncoming traffic and instead hit a curb if you fall asleep or stuff., you can even try to google it and you will find your answer too

but also what contributes is the roads, some roads are designed so that it helps rain water go into the gutters, and like highways be flat, etc.

 

thanks for the comment. and yes crown of the road is the curve for drainage. yup I do remember that. maybe i should try and drive down the middle turn lane (no crown) and see if it drives straight.. hmm..

and I dont agree on the urban legend about cars are designed to drive to the right. I just dont, sorry.

It didn't do this on previous alignments so anyone else want to tell me why this is happening? some physics behind it. I'm thinking the tires might have worn (there is more scalloped on the outside right tire, than the left) because I didn't get around to an alignment early enough. and that's causing the pulling. Just doesn't make sense to me that I get a "perfect alignment" and in reality it's not at all.

 

there a lot of possibilties one could be depending on where you got it done well just it was at firestone. they punch the into the computer what car it is and it tell thems factory spec range and they hit all the wheels and i cant remember the range but its like -2 to 9 well say if your left wheel is 0 and your right wheel is 9 they leave it therefore they arent the same and could cause a pull. it just depends on who does it
after my first alignment i had the same problem and looked at the sheet and noticed one side of my car was almost maxed so i took it back and told them i wanted them closer to eachother

 

you can have a so called perfect alignment and still have a car that pulls to either the left or the right. Because a bad belt or inflation differances or choppy tires or bad tread, or having differant types of tires can cause a car to pull.

 

thanks ego booster. yeah the numbers were perfectly centered. the toe was exactly centered, all the same for the front and identical for the back. that's why im so puzzled as to why this is happening. I"m thinking okay I go back, but why? The numbers were spot on. hmm the mystery continues. but thanks for the comment!

 

see there ya go Pioneer. Im wondering if i caused the right tire to wear a little more since i didn't get to the alignment right away. I did feel the tread on the left tire, fine, nothing choppy. but the outer edge of the right tire is a little choppy. scalloped i call it. Im wondering if I just drive the car with the correct alignment it should wear that back down? and then i wouldn't have the slight pull??

So you think that maybe it wore weird? That the numbers are correct from the alignment rack, that is all i could think of was the tires. felt stupid to go back and re-do the alignment, why how is that gonna change anything?? if the numbers were spot on.