Wheel alignment

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Subaru Legacy 2.5i 2005, manual transmission, AWD

Hi, I happened upon this site and became a memeber while searching for possible problem solutions to my car wobbling and drifting towards the right on highway speeds. It tends to feel like it drifts to the right sometimes and especially on rainy days, it almost feels like I am losing traction and im going to drift into the right lane.I was wondering if this was a problem with my wheel alignment? I brought it to the subaru dealer however they tell me that my suspension is fine and they can't seem to find what the problem is and tell me that theres nothing wrong with my car, they told me to get my tires alingned and maybe it would help? I looked at my tires and they don't seem misaligned at all, and my steering stays straight most of time, except when driving on the highway at higher speeds and rainy days, it tends to drift, can this be alignment issues?
And do wheel alginment fix the wheel camber and stuff also?

Thank you so much

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MERLIN2021

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Castor camber and toe are all set during an alignment, however it is getting hard, at least in my area, to find a good alignment shop. Tires, air pressures, and alignment can play a part in drifting, so can the condition of your wheel bearings and brakes!

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Thursday, September 27th, 2007 AT 4:57 PM

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Hi Merlin2021, thanks for your reply I really appreciated it, just wanted to clarify one more thing though, so a proper alignment include setting the camber and and wheels bearings and everything? Or do we have to pay extra for these? I was wondering about getting this done and wanted to know what I should look for when it comes to chosing where to get this procedure done? Do all garages do it? And would it be prefereable to go to an actual Subaru Dealer to get this done? Thanks so much

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Saturday, September 29th, 2007 AT 12:36 PM