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Front right tire worn and feathered 2500miles.

Old Apr 30, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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09' 3.2L FWD.
The dealer replaced both front tires at no cost and aligned the vehicle. Great folks to deal with and very helpful.
It now drives itself off the road, to the right on acceleration upwards of 40mph.
It didn't do this with the old tires. BUT.... it did when I first bought it new. The front L,R tires were rotated and all was fine.... until now - with new tires up front. Alignment was checked and rechecked.
I was told the front drive shafts are not of equal lengths, causing torque steer?
 
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Old May 1, 2010 | 11:41 PM
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They are not equal, the right is of course longer, but it should be too much of a problem. Other problems?
 
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Old May 2, 2010 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SVTfocusO3
They are not equal, the right is of course longer, but it should be too much of a problem. Other problems?
By chance did you mean "shouldn't be too much..."?
Other problems, not yet. Michelin is in the loop, as of Friday.
I crawled underneath, and the shafts looked close enough to being equal to me. Nothing like what I've seen pictures of showing the differences between unequal, equal and intermediate shafts.
Thank you.
 
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Old May 2, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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Yes should not, sorry. I have seen problems when they come over on trucks or what not, they tie them down tight and ruin the alignment and in some rare cases, the shocks leak too.
 
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Old May 3, 2010 | 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by SVTfocusO3
Yes should not, sorry. I have seen problems when they come over on trucks or what not, they tie them down tight and ruin the alignment and in some rare cases, the shocks leak too.
Thank you. All the info I can gather will help either fix it or get me out of, what very well "might" be a lemon.
 
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