Car pulls right on acceleration, any ideas?
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CL's do have a good amount of Torque steer like everyone said, BUT if it pulls to the right everytime, I''d have your suspension/alignment looked at. TS should go either way depending on the slope of the road..
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I was thinking torque steer, but with torque steer you wouldnt just go right or just go left all the time so the only thing I can think of is maybe your front right wheel/tire has a little bit of toe-out? That would cause your car to steer to the right under hard acceleration
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Torque steer IMO.
Also.. are your roads banked at a slight angle for drainage purposes?
If not, check your CV boots for tears and leaks.
Also.. are your roads banked at a slight angle for drainage purposes?
If not, check your CV boots for tears and leaks.
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could be the road crown or torque steer. I would reccomend having the alignment checked at a specialist, or even a different shop that has a different machine. Does it pull the opposite way if you rotate the front tires?
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Heres a little more i thought about. About 2 weeks ago one of my outer CV joints completly busted loose on me while i was turning into the post office. The car wouldnt even move because the joint on the right completely came out and the axle was just spinning. Acura put a aftermarket axle put on. Empi was the brand. Well thats when it started. I figured it was the aftermarket axle because so many of those are pure crap. So i took my factory axle and had it rebuilt at a very reputable shop. But its still there. It seemed like it was gone for awile but nope. I had the alignment checked and it was fine, and also had the tires rotated for radial pull and its still there.
Did something maybe get damaged when the axle busted? Another thing i thought about was the tow driver pulled my car onto the bed by connecting those tow hooks to my lower control arms. I was a little wary about that but he said hes done it several times with no problems. (Car has tow hooks on the front which i thought was the proper way to tow) but the alignment guy said if the tow driver messed up a control arm it would show in the alignment.
Any ideas? I reallly dont think its torque steer
Did something maybe get damaged when the axle busted? Another thing i thought about was the tow driver pulled my car onto the bed by connecting those tow hooks to my lower control arms. I was a little wary about that but he said hes done it several times with no problems. (Car has tow hooks on the front which i thought was the proper way to tow) but the alignment guy said if the tow driver messed up a control arm it would show in the alignment.
Any ideas? I reallly dont think its torque steer
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I never ever do alignments at Les Schwab
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If you are talking about the car pulling to one side on the interstate when you floor it at speed, that is not torque steer. Torque steer happens when one of the tires is slipping and the other is gripping and the wheel wants to turn to the tire that is slipping. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS unless you have 700hp at the front wheels and are burning them down when you floor it at 70mph. I have had the same thing happen to me. If you have eliminated alignment, tires, joint/bushing failure from the equation, then you more than likely have one blown strut/shock. This is a common symptom of a single blown shock on the rear or in the front. If you have more than 100K miles on the car you more than likely have at least one blown shock anyway. Mine were shot at 85K. All highway miles. Hope you got it resolved with the new alignment. Good luck with the CV joints etc.
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You will have to get a service manual or pay a shop to change out the axles. Its not very hard with the right tools.
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