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Help with a classic that pulls!! - Norton1090 - 10-22-2026

Good afternoon all,  My wife and I bought coach 210 in late August, it's a 1989 and in great shape, both mechanically and the living quarters. 

WITH one exception!!  It pulls to the right.  Not so bad it wants to make a right had turn but it's bad enough that if you don't keep pressure on the steering wheel to the left the entire bus will be on the shoulder in a 1/8th of a mile at 65 MPH.  We have had the suspension, brakes, and alignment checked all good.  Actually great according to one tech.  We have jacked up the front end to see if the steering gear want to pull one way or the other and it doesn't.  The pull is worse under braking BUT all brakes are good and nothing is dragging.  We have driven it about 700 miles this way so if it was a dragging brake we would know for sure!

At this point any suggestion would be great!  We live in SE NE and it's 40 years old I really don't want to take it all the way to OK and quite frankly spend what I can guess is quite the premium to have Newell work on it.  

Any help is appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

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RE: Help with a classic that pulls!! - Richard - 10-22-2026

Was the alignment for all axles? Can you post the printout?

I would swap the steer tires from side to side and see what happens. Sounds strange but after massive efforts to fix a pull, an old truck guy suggested this. It worked.

Skyking has a post about an alignment shop not too far from you that might be your best bet.

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RE: Help with a classic that pulls!! - jdkskyking - 10-22-2026

Hello Ryan,

I have coach #744, I chased a handling problem for years until I met Bill Rajewski the owner of Perry Legend Collision Center in Columbia Missouri. I call him the alignment whisperer. He had my coach figured out and “straightened”out in less than two days. 

#573-442-7883

[email protected]

3101 Lemon Industrial Blvd
Columbia, Mo 65201

Give him a call, he’ll probably diagnose over the phone asking you to run your palm over each tire… With mine the drives wanted to go one way and the tag the other… I was caught in the middle chasing it everywhere. 

Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck! 
JK

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