Pulls to right

This is a different experience than driving a modern car that's loaded up with electronic safety nets. I've had my fair share of alignments done on several different cars over the last 20 years. Not once has the tech told me that he needed to drive the car and, up until now, I have not had any problems with a car following an alignment.

I test drove the car myself the first time they did the alignment. It handled just fine under the conditions you describe. When I put it under power, the front tires squealed and it was extremely unstable.

The discussion about letting the tech drive aside, I was given access to the alignment rack on Saturday afternoon. There had to have been some problem with the rack the last day it was worked on because there was no way that they could have possibly gotten the figures they did. The caster was at +3.5 on the left and -0.8 on the right. We got the caster to +0.6 left and -0.2 right, low and behold, the pull is gone. Camber is right around -1.2 left and right. The car goes down the road straight, no squealing tires, and is now stable all around, though the steering is lighter than I would like, but it will have to do for now.

After poking around more closely, it looks like the strut rods are different from side to side. When I bought this car, I was told that the front end was completely rebuilt. The strut rod bushings on the rear side of the K member are cracking, but the front are pretty new, so I'm thinking the previous owner was full of crap. I'll be sourcing another strut rod and pulling down the entire front end in the coming weeks. :banghead:

Then we get to do this all over again...:thumbup: