i just installed front lower left/right ball joints on my car. i noticed that my steering wheel kinda pulls to the right . .. .why is this ? im about to install Daizen steering rack bushings within the next two weeks or so , should i get my car aligned after? or did somthing go wrong on ball joint install ?

there are no noises coming from the front of car everything seems to work fine only thing is the wheel pull . . .

thanks

 

Your car needs to be aligned since the pivot points are in their true location again. Probably should install bushings first and then have it aligned. IMO I would go ahead and get it aligned now and then install bushings unless your old bushings are really deteriorated.

 

i think im going to wait till the bushings come in and then do the alignment , the bushings are pretty beat up right now . .. and they should come in tommorow (sat.) , i guess next weekend is project week ! . . .


thanks !!

tony~

 

If your tires are any good, I wouldn't drive it until the alignment. After I installed the lower ball joints, my alignment was way out. It won't take long to eat up your tires in that condition. Just my 2 cents.

 

in my case after I replaced my ball joints and tie rod ends my steering was fine, i guess i got lucky. the only problem is that my steering wheel is out of sync with the front wheels, like my hand would be in the 11'oclock position if I want to go straight but I have no pull if I let my hands go of the steering wheel. I'm also planning to install the daizen control arm bushings soon and then get an alignment. It's been 2 months since i installed my balljoints and tie rods

 

agreeed, it took me a few weeks to get an alignment because i was lazy and wanted to wait for until I had time to fully lower the coilovers, during that time my tires got real bad. Less than 10k miles and fronts are already needing to be changed.

 

cuz let me know I can align your GS.