I have only experienced this under acceleration, not under braking. Just had a front end alignment and the car tracks fairly straight on the road, with perhaps a barely perceptable drift to the left (might be a tire pressure issue). But when I step on the gas (only from a stop) the wheel turns about a 1/4 of a turn to the left

I would chalk it up to front wheel drive / torque, but my wife's Camry doesn't do this.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

 

torque steer

 

Worn Control Arm Bushings - control arm / strut bar perhaps
Worn inner / outer tie rod (allowing toe changes)
Torque steer? Possible, but the dis-similar length axles are supposed to take care of that.

P

 

I have actually experienced the same thing in my accord. Once I switched my 95 wagon to a 5 speed, I noticed a pull to the left when accellerating and if I let off quickly a small jerk to the right as well as braking. I figured it was an alignment as well but have not had the alignment done yet because I know I need some tie rods and bushings first.

 

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Worn inner / outer tie rod (allowing toe changes)
Torque steer? Possible, but the dis-similar length axles are supposed to take care of that.

P</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hmmm, the shop supposedly check the front end components before doing the front end alignment, but I think I may check them myself.

Thanks

 

As with all things we do, there's a wide disparity between what we know should be done, and what actual gets done.
Why should it be any different with alignments?

These tire stores that offer a "free" alignment with the purchase of four?, you can rest assured they're not going to take one minute more than required to get that car out the door.
It's sometimes* worst in a flat rate shop, where the alignment tech gets paid for how many billable alignments he does for the day. It's more a "Hail Mary", put it on the rack and out the door it goes....

*unless the tech gets paid for after-selling

You've the right idea to check it yourself

P

 

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it's your peg-leg differential in the transmission. my car torque-steers like CRAZY when I get on it. Freaks my friends out. I see an LSD in my long term future if the motor holds together.

 

I have a 94LX that will torque steer if you really get on it. I just had my 94 inspected by the local honda dealer and they tell me everything looks good on the car suspension wise.

My 98 V6 does not have any pull to the left or right it just goes in a straight line.

P,

I thought it was when you had unequal lenght driveshafts, the car would tend to pull to the side with the shorter shaft?

 

Yeh, I really gotta stop this 2:30 in the morning thing and get some sleep. Yes, cars with unequal axle shafts will pull to the short side (acts like unequal torsion bars). I gues thats why we've got half shafts.......

P

 

I just got the same problem as I switched to my rims. My stock wheels never did this (they all have the same tires on each rim). But my new rims have 2 different tires on the front. So, im guessing that one tire gets better traction than the other and pulls. Im getting a new tire put on as we speak, so ill see what happens.

 

http://www.sportcompactcarweb....abble/

Thanks for the feedback