friend`s

civic sedan 98 ex complete stock. stock suspension.

bought 2 front new tires and send the car to alligment.

now the car pulls to the right.

I check the suspension and lower control arm and in the right side this:




is this shim a normal way to correct caster? I think this shim is there since I bought the car 4 year ago...

 

Check air pressure? How about loose suspension parts or even a bad alignment?

 

already check the tires pressure. nothing loose in the suspension. the aligment guy said the suspension is good. my car only have 50k milles...

maybe bad alignment but I took the car to another shop and they make another alignment and is the same thing. pulls to the right.
I tell the guy the car pull to the right and he put 40 psi in the right tire and 35 in the left tire.

so I check the car by my self and see how the lower control arm have a suplement maybe to correct the caster...

what do you think?

 

Sounds like a radial pull, swap the front tires and see if it pulls the other direction.

 

You do know all cars have some "toe in" so that if you(the driver) were to ever have a stroke or heart attack while driving the car will not go flying into oncoming traffic. how long does it take to for the car to start pulling to the right ?

 

is that a shim in between the control arm?

 

yes, since I have the car (4 year ago) that shim is there...

previously the car don`t pull...

now that shim is normal? because I search and nothing came out...

 

I didn`t know that...

inmediatly I take my hand off the steering wheel it start to pull...

 

from what i remember being a tech, the shim kit is to get within your specs of adjustment. totally normal.