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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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Default My 92 accord pulls hard to the left?

I know I need an alighnment but I was wondering if there are any of the suspension parts I should look at first before taking it to get it done.

The tires are wearing even and the car goes straight when you hold the wheel centerd. Nothing seems loose or looks worn it just pulls hard left if I let go of the wheel it will put me in the other lane like a ricer in traffic.
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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switch the frt tires side to side and test drive,, ,,,,,,if car now pulls rt you got bad tire ( s)
If it still pulls left , chk frt suspension for any damage,, by the way have you been in a frt end collision ? hit a curb ?
if all looks ok, you need to have car aligned , make sure to do a 4 wheel alignment.. ask the shop to give you the before and after readings and post them here...
go to this site , about alignemt you will understand better

http://www.ozaccord.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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I'll rotate them and let you know. the damage thing worries me because it has a rebuilt title.I didn't know that until after I bought it.But it was only 300 bucks with no rust and clean interior.It had a bad trans
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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I rotated the fronts and it went from pulling left to right.So I need new tires an alignment and rims.
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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Default Re: My 92 accord pulls hard to the left? (Dmc1)

^^ Why new rims?
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 01:31 AM
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Default Re: My 92 accord pulls hard to the left? (Mangudai)

...cuz he's dealing with the "Crappy" factor. and it goes like this:

"Honey, (or Mom?) I just found out that I've got to replace the Tires & Rims on my car."
Why so expensive?
"Well, the Tires ruined the rims and now I've got to replace them with alloys, they won't get ruined like the steel ones"

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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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Well they are the factory alloys but their from the other accord I have with 300k on it.The last two times I got new tires it still would drive with some vibration. I think the rims at least one anyway ,Not a pefect circle anymore
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 06:40 AM
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do the wheels come with the centering rings ?? do the wheels have a tight fit on the hub ?? I have seen a few cars still with shaking at hwy speed because of missing centering rings,, If they are missing the only thing centering the wheels are the lug nuts ,,and in some occasions that is not enough..
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 04:06 PM
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Actually I just got them rotated and balanced at tire discounter.The car is smooth as silk man and drives straight.I can do no hands at 70mph and no pull to either side it maintains nicely.

Ive never seen a rotate and balance make this big a differance.I was sure it was out of line or something was bent.
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 09:25 PM
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Hey do me a favor. Check your front suspention for bad ball joints (usually uppers). I dont want you to ruin your new tires.
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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The upper ball joints lowers and tierods the swaybar links are all good.This car was pulling seriously hard to the left.I followed Accord pro's advice and switched the front tire's and the pull switched from left to right with the rims being switched.

I din't get new tires just had the old ones balanced.It drives great now and they have plenty of tread left so I'm going to use them probably half way through the summer.So when I buy new rims and tires and not put anymore money into these like P said super stockers.
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 04:00 AM
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Good thing too b/c a new suspension system sucks really bad to put in, + whenever you wreck a car, especially when you get a salvage title, you never know if the car will drive the same.
If the rebuild is done right it should be fine, otherwise....
Just keep an eye on it and you will save yourself time and money.
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