bounce425

Hello,

I just recently drove my 98 Civic EX about 1500 miles round trip to Florida (very flat, very straight down I-95). It ran fine and I had the oil changed while I was down there. About 2 weeks after I got back, the car started pulling to the right. The steering wheel has to be at about 11 o'clock to go straight, and if I let go, it pulls quickly to the right. Any suggestions, or should I just get an alignment?

Thanks

BryanM.

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I would try and alignment first. Ask the tech to take a look at the front suspension bushings (a good shop will look at them, even if you don't ask them to).

Worn out LCA bushings can mess with the tire alignment pretty bad. Replacing them isn't too hard if you a DYI'er.

joelmatt89

Well check to make sure none of your brakes are grabbing by putting it on jack and turning the wheels. If you don't have any bearings or something else going bad then get an alignment. I have done it before with help from two people i got really good results doing it with a laser level, which is was only ten buck. But bottom line is nothing beats the actual machine as long as it is calibrated correctly.

boostedcivicsir

check all the stuff above and if it still does, swap front tires side to side.

Randomluck

The quickest, cheapest way to check is the side to side swap. You have all the symptoms of a slipped belt in a tire and that'll show you quick enough what it is. You may have an alignment problem but they usually happen slowly as things wear. Brake drag comes with other problems. You can feel, hear and smell them. Look for a blue rotor while the tires are off.

waaBAAH

check air pressure.

it will only be brakes if teh vehicle acts diffrently while braking. also somewhat true with worn suspension components.

if the pull is there all the time, even while braking, then tires is the first simple check.. but check air in the tires first.

if the vehicle pulls due to alignment then it will be camber or caster....(do i dare to say it..lol...) NOT TOE. TOE will not cause a pull!!! toe will only cause a drift if REAR TOE is uneven from each other. but this is a drift which is diffrent from a pull. your describing a pull

with that being said, camber and caster are not factory angles which can be adjusted. you would need a kit which could be a bunch of diffrent style adjusters. balljoints, eccentric bushings, normally 40 a side for labor and kits ranging from 40 to 200$

94hdelsol

+1 ^

TheJGB3

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