More on Chrysler wheel alignment

I have a 97 T&C AWD van. I had the same problem. I purchased the car new.
What follows is a post I first sent to this newsgroup back then.

I thought the car pulled very slightly to one
side. The dealer worked on
the alignment, claimed it was caster and even though the manual says it is
not adjustable. The dealer claimed he was able to have it adjusted by
making the hole a
little larger and retightening the bolts. HMMM. Camber is adjustable with
a kit that contains an eccentric bolt; perhaps the alignment shop he sent it
out to didn't explain it
correctly. In any event, the problem was fixed. Now on level roads the car
does not tend to wander to the left or right. It tracks straight. However,
on a road that has a slight tilt (or camber), the car wants to wander to the
low side. This means that you often have to feed slight pressure to the
steering wheel to counter the tendency. I think the set up is not as good
as it could be. It seems to take too much pressure. In an attempt to
create "road feel" I think they built in too much resistance to the
steering. This is most noticeable on poor roads that have high camber.
You should be able to check it out by taking notice of which way the car is
pulling and carefully noting the road characteristics. I've gotten used to
it. I learned to drive on a '58 Dodge with power steering. It had NO road
feel. I think the CC boys overcompensated.

But, I did have a problem, and the dealer did send the car to an alignment
specialty shop to have it fixed. The dealer said he did not have the
necessary equipment.

 

for the first time here in my yard in 2 1/2 months i can see the grass

 

Actually the steering is stiff when the vehicle is stationary, but there is
hardly a need for power steering when the vehicle is moving. I've tried it
before no problem. At speed the steering is only slightly stiffer than
normal. As for the brakes, the booster holds enough vacuum for 2-3 full
applications. If you need more you can always fire the engine up.

If the pull isn't PS related it should experience the same amount of pull if
you are on a flat road and let go of the wheel with the engine off,
shouldn't it?

However, one should still only try this in traffic free safe conditions.