it seems like everytime i drove my R on highway as soon as it pass 80mph/120km my steering is kinda out of control, it's kinda shaking left and right, my car is shaking left and right, just a little bit not a lot, and my car is kinda fading away. is it normal ? or... i know ITR is intend to follow the road condition, but this is really scares me. i'm afraid the car is gonna losing control(coz it feels like).. my sterring wheel is really light at high speed which all my friend says it's normal.
just wonder if this is how it should be how do u guys drive more then 100 mph ?
i did tire balance just last week, so nothing wrong with the tires, except three tires went to track once but the right rear is new, for about 5month, never been to track.could this be ??

thx

 

You lost a wheel weight.

 

well if they all were balanced - then that rules out a bent rim.

had an alignment done recently?

 

nope just check it all there. even after i balance the tire it still do the same.
i know one of my alignment is off by 0.5 (dont know which one is it, camber or coster)but shop told me it's ok.

 

you could have a bad tire - are they the stock ones?

 

that dosen't happen to me i've hit 150mph with no problems

 

My car is kinda the same way, i have a broken radial belt in one of my tires. Try rotating your tires, and see if there is any difference.

eric

 

Just to let you guys know, the wheel weights from the factory aren't matched up right usually. Whenever a car comes in for its first service, we always rebalance and over 80% of the wheels don't need as large a weight and in a different position as the stock piece.

 

three stock come with the car has 15000km on them and been track before one is new with 5000km on it never been track before, the new one is same as stock (brigestone)

 

call me a idiot but what is radial belt ?

 

Steel belt inside the tire. What you see when you wear your tires "down to the belts"

sack-who sees lots of belts.

 

nope, my car handles like a dream at 100+, which it sees more often than it should

 

Do you have one new and one old tire up front? If you do put both front tires to the back and the back tires to front. If you have a new and a old tire together especially up front it could screw up your steering just like you described. I have no problems with my R, my steering is smooth at any speed. Give this a try and get back to me.

 

Don't mismatch your tires with one new and one old. Keep tires with similar wear together especially up front.

 

it happens to my car "only when i have 7.5" that's all, it shoudn't happen with stock rims and tires

 

Mine too, no problemswhat-so-ever.

 

are you saying your alignment is within spec? if not, I'd try having it realigned. alignment can make a big difference on handling at high speed.

also, you might want to try checking your steering rack for looseness.. check out this link...


https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=192299

good luck.

 

na i have the new tire at back. dont think it's coz that

 

that sounds new to me.. might have it check. but my car only have 15000 km on it tho, dont think it would be this fast to wear out the steering wheel.
i'll try to get some new tires to put on and see, before that i'll just rebalance every tire and redo alignment.
thank you for y'alls help

 

If your tires and suspension are OK, remove your P/S. It will give you a much more confident feeling!!!
I didn't have any problems with at 150 mph...


[Modified by DutchITR1689, 4:20 PM 7/18/2002]

 

My car's fine till about 135-140, then it still rides smooth but it just feels light like it wants to leave the ground.

 

No!
I love going that Speed of 150!
Cal

 

do you still have the rear wing on?

 

You NEED to have your car re-aligned, get each side as close to spec(and to each other) as possible. The only other thing is that one of your(probably front) tires is unbalanced. I am not saying that it was mounted and balanced uneven/properly, just that the tire itself could have a problem, this does happen sometimes, some tires have manufacturing defects from the factory, its uncommon but does happen and you may get one every now and then. But first try an alignment. Hope this helps


[Modified by ILUVTEC, 6:35 PM 7/18/2002]

 

Same here. Around 140 it starts to get a tad scarry. But anything under 120 or so it feels stable and planted.


2000!!!!!!





[Modified by jond, 1:36 PM 7/18/2002]