Is it just me? Whenever I step on the clutch to shift, the car swerves to the left and when I get on it the car swerves to the right. The price I pay for bling.

 

I don't think a company is going to make a product that will cause a car to lose control somehow or another.

Are you sure that's the cause?

 

When you let go of the steering wheel to shift, since your holding it with your left hand you might be pulling it towards that side and thinking its the car. Then when you get back on it you might be causing it to go right in order to balance the car back out again.

I dunno, just an idea.

 

torque steer?

 

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Unless your left arm is 5 times the weight of your right one, that's VERY unlikely.

 

are you reffering to "swerving" as in almost changing lanes? Or do you mean it more as like "adjusting"...

That happens to me sometimes, a little torque steer never hurt anyone.

 

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You never know, he might be shifting the steering wheel to the left and not even know it. Might be one of those, "Damn I didnt know I was doing that" kinda things.

 

OK. You guys are right. I took the damper off today and I am still having problems.

The action is swerving not just correcting. Its not me though. I've tried it without holding the steering wheel and I could litterally get the car to swerve just my stepping on the clutch or the gas.

It may be a larger problem. As far as torque steer, shouldn't my LSD eliminate that?

Thanks for the inputs guys, need more

 

It's probably not torque steer. It can be an alignment problem.

The reason your car pulls one way when you're off the gas, then the other way when you're on the gas can be do to caster being out. Since caster on a Honda isn't adjustable, it's probably due to something being bent.

PS: It can also be a broken axle. If you've ever had a broken axle with LSD you'd know what I'm talking about. It feels like the car wants to do anything, but go straight.

 

Just had an alignment 2 days ago. Bad camber and it was eating up the driverside tire. The caster readings were "normal". The swerving problem existed before and after the alignment so its safe to say it wasn't the issue.

Guess next thing to do is get up my lazy *** and jack the car up to see if anything is out of place. . . . Thanks!

 

the fastest way to check for a broken axle is to turn the wheel hard one way or the other when driving slow and listen for a popping noise. That'll tell you what side axle it is too, since more than likely it would be real obvisious.

 

I bet you have a worn or broken suspension bushing that changes allignment/suspension geometry with load on/off...check under the car with a pry bar for worn/broken things

 

Found the problem, the bolt that goes through the driver side LCA to the cross member doesn't tighten. I think the nut that is welded in there may have come loose. This sucks!!! Will I need to buy a new cross member? The cross member is closed and I couldn't get to the nut. . . . . .

 

Took the LCA out half way and found out that the nut did break off. After performing othroscopic surgery with tweezers and a telescopic magnetic tool, I was able to get the nut on the bolt and torqued the bolt (40lbs) in. Test drove the car and couldn't feel the pull anymore . . . maybe a little bit but it just might be in my head. My question is now, do I still need to replace the cross member? I'm thinking alignment wise, the nut is not secure and will allow the LCA to move when I hit pot holes for example.

Guess the topic has progress to another. I'll start another thread


Modified by jbs at 10:16 AM 7/12/2005

 

Just a pic of the hole I had to work with. Damn Honda! I couldn't even get my pinky to fit.