Front Wheel Alignment Gone Again

[harvs01]

Hello all,

Just a quick one. i recently got new tyres put on the car as well as a balance and 4 wheel alignment. The last couple of times when i have had the 4 wheel alignment done the front seems to go back out of alignment with in a week. Is there something that maybe causing this to happen.

any feedback would be appreciated.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

How do you know it goes out of alignment?

[harvs01]

The steering wheel doesnt sit centre as normal.

[iaydemir]

I thought you had to wait a few hundred k's before doing the wheel alignment, so the suspension etc settles in.
I've always gone to a small business to get my tyres changed, and this is what I've always been told.
Just talking from my own experience, don't really know how how true it is, but it makes sense and I havn't had any issues.

Are you doing the alignment the same time the tyres are getting changed? Or have you gone back to try get it corrected to no avail?
Also, have you tried a different shop?

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

If the steering wheel is off centre then the rack hasn't been centralized properly when doing the alignment.

When going in a straight line, does it drift to one side when you let go of the wheel? If so, then the alignment hasn't been done properly in the first place.

[andyman]

cars are set up neutral these days, its quite common for a car to pull to the left,

fyi, roads arnt flat, but a 4 post alignment hoist is, you cant adjust gradients into a car