My RSX pulls to the left when I take a left turn. It will pull to the right when I take a right turn. This is driving me nuts. The only way I can fix it is if after a turn I pull over and center the steering wheel by turning the wheel slightly in the opposite direction. I bought the car like this. It has skunk2 springs on it and it rides really harsh. I think it's lowered 2.50 or 2.75 inches. The car was in a front end accident because it has a salvaged title and I noticed the hood isnt aligned and the front left head light frame was hammered back into shape. The tie rods look kind of like a v shape because the car is so low. Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong? Is it too low?

My second question is, how can I tell if my struts are blown. I took the tires off and the rubber on the struts have fallen off and its resting on the springs. The struts look like hell but they have no bounce at all. I have had struts blow and the car got all bouncy. My rsx doesnt do this but it rides like crap and when I hit a bump or go over railroad tracks slow my kids go flying into the headliner. Are the skunk2 springs so tight that blown struts wont cause the car to bounce like stock springs do?

 

Sounds like an expensive fix. If I were you I would replace that spring/ strut combo and those tie rods. Poor car was abused. Damn hella flush people.

 

The tie rods are in perfect shape. They are not bent or anything. It could be the steering rack but Im not sure. Because of the V shape I think it could be sticking after a turn. The power steering is working but it feels harder to turn than my EP3 did.

 

Camber bolts could be loose in front. also if those shocks aren't blown, they will be soon, especially the front ones with Junk2's retarded spring rates.

 

I rarely say take it in but....Take it to a front end alignment shop. Hope you got a deal on this car.

 

Could be a few things. And like white on rice i barely say this but if you take it in to an aliment shop that can look at it and probably tell you what wrong. 4You could jack the car up and check for play in the tie rods or the steering rack. And most of the time when struts blow they will leak fluid all over the place, but the only way to really tell is to take them off and push them down and see how long it take for them to return to full upright position.

 

The alignment is probably just way off. I am guessing the neg camber and toe out is to the max.

I doubt it is the steering rack. My del sol had a bad steering rack and while turning it would very violently spin all the way to one side. If it is doing this it is the rack, if not probably just raise it up a little and get an alignment.

You can see if the toe is off if you pull it in your garage and pull a string from the back of the back tire up to the front of the front tire. If the string touches both ends of parts of the tire then the toe is correct. Any different you need to adjust the tie rod end accordingly.

EDIT: reread your post and it sounds like maybe it is the rack. Check the fluid level.

Also, regarding the shocks sounds like it is so low that it is riding on the bump stops. You need to trim them if you have sleeved coils.

 

get an alignment

sears, 80 bucks, they even accept lowered cars.

 

alignment


FTW

 

Did this problem ever get resolved? I am dealing with same thing. Thanks

 

i have an old mustang that does this too but its due to wheel spacers on the front putting the offset out further then it should be. stock wheels/ any spacers?

 

did the body get checked out after the damage? could be a weak support and its just doing whatever it wants and THIS could be catastrophic to the car and a safety risk for you... Alignment shop will definately need to be visited because many and i mean many things with the suspension could be wrong.

 

prolly alignment

 

Usually when lowering the front end it changes the geometry of the front suspension. Have the front end aligned and that hopefully will solve the problem.

 

Dude check you rack and pinion bolts i had a crx with only 142k didi that and the rack and pinion bolts were coming out same problem as your saying

 

If sub frame was out of vehicle, suspension or sub frame bent. Align or just roll with it