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I've had a slight rightside pull that is only noticeable at highway speeds. Its very gradual and only requires that you hold the steering wheel dead center. I also have this same pull in my E36 M3. Weird. Both cars were professionally aligned recently. The only thing Darin at West End Alignment said was that there might be a slight bend in my right side Lower control arm that required a pinch of adjustment (which there is NONE) which in returns may require me to replace the whole arm. I called today to get a price on the arm and its was $160 for an OEM from BMA Autoparts. I don't recall spending that much for an LCA, ever. Is it an aluminum arm? That seems like alot IMO. I know you can get 2 LCA and new bushings for an E34 for $100. Anyhow, what else can be causing this slight pull. Would replaceing the bushings help as someone else had suggested to me? I only have 55k on the car and bushing replacement at this point seems very premature.

TIA

JT
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Perhaps overly simplyfied, but is your tire pressure even, side to side?

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It could be the crown of the road. Get on a narrow desolate road one day, and try driving right down the center.

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It could be the crown of the road. Get on a narrow desolate road one day, and try driving right down the center.
Yeah, I think it is very hard to know on the CA highways. I would try to find a very smooth road and indeed try to drive down the middle. Maybe the 241 toll road; that looks like a good test track

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Perhaps overly simplyfied, but is your tire pressure even, side to side?
If the tire preasure is even on all 4 tires and it still wants to pull or drift you then could do as the Nascar guys do. Correct the pull by adding PSI up to 4 lb.
After the last check of alignment on my Z, the tech & I agreed it had a slight pull to the right. We added 2 more PSI to right front & bingo car tracked without constant correction...


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