My 2000 civic si is going through some steering problems iv had it aligned and payed 1400 dollars to try and fix the problem which did not help...replaced steering pump and racket pinyon........the car pulls to the right randomly at any speed usually after it warms up a little...

The car is stock on some custom 17" rims, it has a salvaged title, supposively no accidents.. but it WAS stolen. :/

Please help.


Modified by n00bic at 8:10 PM 5/30/2004

 

is it when you hit the brakes or when your just driving, cuz i had the same problem with my brakes. the pad is to close to the rotor so they press unevenly on each other causing you to go to the right

 

what's the history of your car? accidents, mods etc

 

I sorta had the same problem a few weeks back. I would be driving down the road and all the sudden my steering wheel would twitch to the right...pretty much @ any speed... I had it checked,they said everything was fine. Like 2 weeks later I pulled into a parking spot and heard a loud clunk,Tried to pull forward...engine reved...here it turns out my axle snapped. Upon closer look,the CV boot ripped and the axle somehow ended up ripping.


Check your boot for holes(even little pin holes),etc. Sounds kinda weird to me. Good luck man.


..adam..

 

could be alignment, is your car dropped?

 

The car isn't dropped.

And just had a 4 wheel alignment done by Trueline.

Which didn't help anything at all.

I do get a pulsating on the brake when I hit it at high speeds.. Rotors might be warped..IS that the problem?

 

check your axel boots as mentioned.

im too tired to think of anything else.

 

i'm thinking its because of your 17's. you're going to feel the road more due to those size wheels.

 

Check your rotors could be warped. My steering wheels shake when I hit the brakes it is my rotors. I already had my axles replaced and cv boots replaced not to long ago,,,,,it did not sound or feel like this, I think for sure it in your brakes

 

is it pulling just when u accelerate, even if your not accelerating hard? i just put a 2000 si motor in my car and it randomly pulls to the right under light or hard acceleration. the mechanic who put in my motor said it's the lsd.

 

I've only had the car 6 months, it has 40k miles on it... and I never had any problem with the 17" rims before... Don't think it would start acting up now... I'm gonna replace my Rotors and see what happens.

Can anyone recemend some good rotors?

 

oh i see.

brembo blanks.

 

The car pull to the right at any speeds.. Even just rolling to a stop without touching the brake or gas. (After warming up it seems) I already flushed out my steering fluid and replaced it with Honda steering fluid..had no effect.

 

just get some oem rotors and pads and go from there. You can't go wrong w/ oem

 

did you make sure you have the same air press in all your tires?

 

yea the air pressure is fine

 

you're not talking about torque steer are u? I know it's common in FWD. my car pulls to the right and left when i accelerate too.

 

your rims can be bent my friend had that problem with his 17s if you still have the stock rims try putting them on and see if that helps at all

 

pulsation when braking is warped rotors, has nothing to do with alignments. have your brakes done and the rotors machined if possible.

 

Brakes and rotors are being replaced today. We'll see what happenes.