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Volvo: Volvo 850 alignment, wheel alignment, tourbo


Question
Jimmy -
Just had a 90,000 dealer service on my 1997 850 T5 (twin turbo) Before service the car was pulling very slightly right. After service it's pulling somewhat more strongly than before, but to the Left!  Among many other things they rotated the tires, and did a brake job all around. They said I'll probably need tires before the next big service and suggested I wait until getting new tires to do a 4-wheel alignment.
Wouldn't it make sense for me to go to a tire shop or gas station and have an alignment done now, before new tires that may be a year away?

Answer
Hello Bill! Not sure about the twin tourbo. There are no twin turbo 850's. However, I would rotate the tires back to the original locations and see what happens. You may need to replace the tires sooner than later. I would get the new tires before you do the alignment. It couldn;t hurt to stop into a local tire shop to have them check it for you.

Jimmy