My 95 Civic had these problems 4 weeks ago: uneven wear on tires (both worn down on the inside edge, down to the steel bands), harder to turn right than left, and a slight pull to the right almost always during driving, and a steering wheel aligned left center. I just finished replacing the rack and pinion with a remanufactured one, I replaced both lower control arms, and I aligned the wheels to within 1/16" of perfection, them attached the steering wheel so it would be straight. Come today, and all these problems have returned as if I had done no work whatsoever. What's the deal? Should I pay a professional to align it? Why is it still harder to turn one way than the other? It don't make no sense. Please help me understand!

 

You need to pay someone to put the car on an alignment rack. There is no other way to tell if it is aligned.

If there is a history of hitting curbs at speed or other crashing, the frame could be bent.

 

Well if it hasnt been on an alignment rack, how do you know its aligned?


Get it on a rack and get all the specs from the computer. Doing this from the start couldve saved you from buying a new rack and replacing everything else

 

The front wheels need to be in line with the rear wheels. Ive found you can be either dead even or one turn of one tie rod toed in. These are the only two settings which will work and not burn the tires. Its hard to do by yourself on a car because the tires are hidden inside the fenders and you cant line them up by eye. On a truck its easy to do at home, by eye. Some people use string and measuring tape on cars which can work. Obviously an alignment machine works great. But who wants to pay a repair shop.

 

Because it'll get done right the 1st time.. And who wants to keep buying tires because of DIY alignments?

 

people that want their tires to last longer, thats who.

your bushings are probably done and are sagging

 

have you replaced the tires yet ?

my recent experience, I had some tie rod issues and bushing issues, totally f'd up my tires, not down to the cords but really bad uneven wear

I replaced bad parts, then got it aligned, it was still fubar, I wanted to make sure it was good before putting on new tires

I swapped the rims and tires with my other car, drives perfect

put new tires on, had it aligned again, now drives like brand new

if you already replaced the tires, try getting alignment at shop like others have mentioned