i dirve a 94 accord ex.

So about a week ago my front right tire blew out and i had to get it replaced. I took it to arco to get the new tire mounted and balanced. Ever since then, everytime i drive in a straight line it would always curve to the right. Its really noticebale when im driving on the freeway at the faster speeds. Even if i try to slant left a little it would always turn back to the right again.


What is wrong with my car? Do i need a wheel alignment, or rebalance my tire? I dont know what to do.

 

How much wear is on the other 3 tires? If theres one new tire and the rest have moderate wear it could cause this to happen. id change your rear tires with your fronts to see if it helps a bit. If this doesnt show any improvments id buy another new tire to pair it with the other new one and/or take it to some one to have them do an alignment.

-Eric

 

well the tire i replaced it with isnt exactly new its another used tire. I do notice that sometimes when my steering wheel is in the center, it tilts to the left slightly.


my two front tires have about the same wear.

 

id get a wheel alignment.... since u didnt mention ur brakes im guessing they work fine and you didnt bust u caliper.. but yeah id get that alignment

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vietkangta &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well the tire i replaced it with isnt exactly new its another used tire. I do notice that sometimes when my steering wheel is in the center, it tilts to the left slightly.


my two front tires have about the same wear.</TD></TR></TABLE>Is it EXACTLY the same?

When we inherited our '98 Accord, one tire was mis-matched. It was labeled as Michelin MXV4 just like the others, but it may have been a different year of production or something. The tread pattern was not the same. At first the tread depth was about the same but it still pulled towards the oddball. As we drove it, the other 3 wore out faster than the 1 oddball. (When I put snow tires on, the car didn't pull.)

 

Move the recently replaced tire to the rear. If it still has the problem, then get an alignment. Usually when you blow a front tire and just replace 1, you should move the new one to the rear.

 

ok ill try that. The first time my tire blew was on the left side. This time its on the right. I assume its not the tire because when the lelft side blew and i got a new tire to repalce it, it didnt give me the problem.

 

oh i forgot, the day before my right front side tire blew, i ran over a giant pothole on the freeway and the next day i noticed a bump on the side of my tire and then it blew.

 

cheap tire like nankang wanli etc can be disalignment by imself just cause it's a cheap tire ...

 

so i rotated the back rear one to the front right one, and it sitll curves to the right, as a matter of fact i think it curves even more. Looks like when i hit that pothole, it probably messed up my alignment o9r something else.

 

Where would i go for cheap alignments or tire rotation in the bay area?

 

Any local tire shop will be able to do an alignment or rotation.

 

So i boguht some new tires for the front, and for some reason my car doesnt really pull to the right anymore.


Do i still need a wheel alignment?

 

It never hurts to get one. If you don't feel that your car is pulling one direction or another than you probably don't need one. It's best to have it pull ever so slightly do the right, mainly for safety reasons.