Alignment problem

[gabriel2012]

okay I'm not a very mechanically oriented person so this seems to be the place to find help with my yaris :)

okay so a relative who went overseas sold me his 2007 yaris liftback a week ago for 7,300 with 40k miles

I noticed a problem with the alignment, to drive in a straight line I had to hold the wheel a bit to the right.

I got an alignment job done today and they said the cause was a missing bolt or part on each front tire ( I'm hispanic so I don't know the name in english sorry!) the told me these were called "centricas" and without them my car was pulling to the right.

the alignment has a 6mo warranty so I'm cool taking it to the shop again.
I'm just not cool with advanceautopart's prices. they said each of these would cost me 75 installed.

any ideas?

[severous01]

tha'ts not a bad deal...including align. the bolts alone are about 25 each...plus time to put them in...and the align.

the eccentrics are bolts that have a slot in them, and the washer or bolt on the end stays in place...turn the bolt and it will move whatever it's in, a certain amount of degrees up and down or left and right.

the price isnt bad if it's including align....which it should.

[big lo]

Ok what you need first is to balace the wheel it self then have the car align you should be good after that suelte papa and welcome to YW

[gabriel2012]

okay that sounds cheap, after school I will get it balanced.

[gabriel2012]

tha'ts not a bad deal...including align. the bolts alone are about 25 each...plus time to put them in...and the align.

the eccentrics are bolts that have a slot in them, and the washer or bolt on the end stays in place...turn the bolt and it will move whatever it's in, a certain amount of degrees up and down or left and right.

the price isnt bad if it's including align....which it should.

It doesn't and I already paid them for it so yeah alignment is not a problem.

[gabriel2012]

At my local tire shop I got refered to a guy who can get me the eccentric bolts installed for a lot less. I'm taking my yaris to his garage today to get it checked out.

the car had 4 new tires when I bought it a few days ago I don't want them to wear out:cry:

[big lo]

En parte tu vives en PR, yo soy de Loiza

[gabriel2012]

En parte tu vives en PR, yo soy de Loiza
-m from bayamon but I sometimes visit my folks in fajardo. Pm me your msn or something so we can talk

[gabriel2012]

tha'ts not a bad deal...including align. the bolts alone are about 25 each...plus time to put them in...and the align.

the eccentrics are bolts that have a slot in them, and the washer or bolt on the end stays in place...turn the bolt and it will move whatever it's in, a certain amount of degrees up and down or left and right.

the price isnt bad if it's including align....which it should.


okay so today a bud and I lifted the car and the camber bolts (said to be bad) looked normal.

Here is a pic of the ones I bought for $35.00(the pair)
http://www.jcwhitney.com/jcwhitney/sku/images/small/I_403620_SW_1.jpg

is this the thing I'm supposed to replace?
are they better than the OEM ones currently installed? I understand these are adjustable.

this is a picture of the bolt that needs to be replaced on each front tire according to advanceautoparts(the red bolt is the one pictured above)
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn125/gabriel134/camber-1.png

[gabriel2012]

I still have the new bolts in my hand and I'm thinking of getting someone to install them for me this weekend and then take the car to advanceautoparts to get it realigned

[gabriel2012]

here is a pic of my alignment in the first place.
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn125/gabriel134/centricas.jpg

[gabriel2012]

http://bl151w.blu151.mail.live.com/att/GetAttachment.aspx?tnail=0&messageId=b43834b9-def9-11df-83cc-002264c20b88&Aux=44|0|8CD411D9CD2DDB0||0|0|0|0||&maxwidth=220&maxheight=160&size=Att

these are the bolts that came out from my car.