Car pulling to the right...
06-17-2009 | 12:27 AM
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Car pulling to the right...
Ever since I had my Advans put on, my car has been pulling to the right pretty hard. I'll be driving and if I take my hand off the wheel the car will immediately go to the right by itself. Now I know it has nothing to do with the new suspension, or even the car itself, because I had the Advans put on after everything was done and before they were put on everything was fine. At first I just figured the alignment was out of whack, so I had an alignment done and it is still doing it. All the specs on the alignment sheet are in the green too (except for the camber of course due to no camber kits).
So what could it be? I have 5mm spacers in the front and not in the rear... could that be it? I know it's not the wheels themselves because they all balanced. I really dont know what it could be. Any help is appreciated.
So what could it be? I have 5mm spacers in the front and not in the rear... could that be it? I know it's not the wheels themselves because they all balanced. I really dont know what it could be. Any help is appreciated.
06-17-2009 | 04:11 AM
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i think it's the tires. if the wear is slightly uneven it could cause the steering wheel to pull. some bm's have had this problem before with new and used tires and they said that once they swapped tires around it was better.
06-17-2009 | 07:21 AM
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Radial pull. It happens quite often.
If your tires are bidirectional, try cross-rotating the fronts left to right and see what happens. I bet your pull will stop. If it pulls to the left after the swap, then try to get the tire replaced.
If your tires are bidirectional, try cross-rotating the fronts left to right and see what happens. I bet your pull will stop. If it pulls to the left after the swap, then try to get the tire replaced.
"Radial pull" is another condition that is tire-related. Sometimes a variation in a tire's construction creates conicity in the tire that causes it to pull to one side. The pull will remain to the same side whether the vehicle is being driven forwards or backwards. If you suspect a tire is pulling, switch the front tires side-to-side and see if the direction of the pull changes. If it does, the tire is to blame.
The cure here is to replace the bad tire, or if the customer's budget can't afford a new one, move the bad tire to the spare position or rear axle where hopefully it will have less of an effect on the steering.
Radial pull can also be caused by misalignment of the plies inside a tire. This creates a sideways push that causes the vehicle to drift to one side. If switching the front tires left-to-right causes the direction of the drift to change, you've diagnosed the problem.
The cure here is to replace the bad tire, or if the customer's budget can't afford a new one, move the bad tire to the spare position or rear axle where hopefully it will have less of an effect on the steering.
Radial pull can also be caused by misalignment of the plies inside a tire. This creates a sideways push that causes the vehicle to drift to one side. If switching the front tires left-to-right causes the direction of the drift to change, you've diagnosed the problem.
06-17-2009 | 07:05 PM
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Could you elaborate a little on this? My tires are directional tires so I don't think I can cross-rotate them.
06-17-2009 | 08:59 PM
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Another possible cause might be one of the front control arm bushings. My car did the same thing, but only while accelerating so idk if its the same as your problem. Dealer covered mine though, I even took my car in with my 20"s and a Neuspeed drop hehe.
06-18-2009 | 10:50 AM
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Its possible you got bad tires.
As Turbo noted above, jsut swapping it and driving for a little bit won't hurt, but it will definitely tell you whether its the tire or something else.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=12
As Turbo noted above, jsut swapping it and driving for a little bit won't hurt, but it will definitely tell you whether its the tire or something else.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=12
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