On 7 Nov 98, John Taylor said:

> After having  RE-71's mounted on my stock alloy 
> rims, I noticed the steering wheel now has to be 
> turned about one-half inch to the right to keep the car 
> travelling straight on the freeway.  Whatever changed 
> doesn't interfere with the handling, but it's annoying 
> now to have the steering wheel off-center.
> 
> Do I need an alignment to correct this?  Short of an 
> alignment, anything else I can do?
.......
In most cases, this is due to the alignement slowly getting whacked out of 
specs and the tires adapting to this with slightly uneven wear.
Once you put on new tires, the problem shows up, but will be masked again by 
uneven tire wear if left alone.
I would say get a good alignment ASAP - the steering wheel will be straight 
after that. And you will notice even better handling.
In my experience, alignment once a year is the minimum.

Of course, just a guess from some thousand miles away ...


Werner