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It is hard to look at a tires tread and figure out if it could cause tire wander.
I put on a new set of Coopers and lost stabile straight tracking and Pulled left as well.
All tires pressures were double checked. OK @ 32 lbs. cold.
Spent a lot of time trying to track down if it was actually something else.
Gave up and made the take them back and put on the new set of Michelin Ice 3 because winter by then was approaching.
The car drove absolutely perfect and still does..
Tire design does matter.
Well I bought new LCA's now I just have to put them on to see if it solves the issue, for some reason I don't have faith since the car didnt do this behavior with the winter tires but the winters were a 205//55/16 where as the summers are 215/70/17 I wonder if the 215 over the 205 could amplify the wandering on the road with bad lca bushings since bushings were probably bad this winter as well but I didn't experience the wandering. I just hope the LCA fixes it since if it doesn't then I need to spend more money to buy some new tires again and try to sell these ones.
Well I bought new LCA's now I just have to put them on to see if it solves the issue, for some reason I don't have faith since the car didnt do this behavior with the winter tires but the winters were a 205//55/16 where as the summers are 215/70/17 I wonder if the 215 over the 205 could amplify the wandering on the road with bad lca bushings since bushings were probably bad this winter as well but I didn't experience the wandering. I just hope the LCA fixes it since if it doesn't then I need to spend more money to buy some new tires again and try to sell these ones.
Just putting on new tires can reveal the wandering. The old tires get worked into a pattern like your shoes. Often you can't see it because it might be subtle but enough to think you are tracking normal. LCA bushings are a common wear item on HHRs.
While you are in the neighborhood check the tie rods. You are replacing the ball joints with the LCAs anyway. Your struts are probably gone the don't last forever.
While you are in the neighborhood check the tie rods. You are replacing the ball joints with the LCAs anyway. Your struts are probably gone the don't last forever.
Front struts and rear shocks are new, outer tie rod new rods are mew as well, stabilizer links are new as well.
