Wheel Alignment help

[2005rs]

I had my echo to the same garage three times in a row to correct alignment after redoing the front struts. One of the mechanics suggested rotating the tires. The manager wanted to 'adjust the alignment out of spec to make it work right'. I rotated the tires and it worked! Don't know why, but it did

[CoryM]

Originally Posted by 2005rs

I had my echo to the same garage three times in a row to correct alignment after redoing the front struts. One of the mechanics suggested rotating the tires. The manager wanted to 'adjust the alignment out of spec to make it work right'. I rotated the tires and it worked! Don't know why, but it did

Tires can definitely cause leads/pulls. It's possible that now your tire lead is going the opposite direction of your car's lead, and cancelling it out. If a car comes into my shop with no impact-damage, I always rotate the front tires left to right first to diagnose if it is a tire-lead, or an alignment-lead.
Cheers.