I recently raised my car back up and through some bigger wheels on my Prelude. So i know i needed an alignment. After the alignment job, i noticed that when im driving about 40 it goes to the right a little, but when im going about 70, right when i let go of my steerin wheel, my car darts to the right...I brought it back to them, they looked at my paper and said everything was to spec...i just now looked at the paper and noticed that the back right tire is not in spec, could this b causing it?

TOE:

FRONT: specified range -.08-.08
left: .02
right: .00

REAR: specified range .00-.16
left: .03
right: .27

 

Interesting, my ex pulls hard to the right also and its only my rear pass side thats off but mines too far - not +. I've got

Range .04 to .16
Actual -.06

Weird.

 

someone help us both out!!!

 

I would get an alignment and make sure the tires are balanced. Thats all I can really recommend.

 

Who cares about toe? Where is camber and caster?

If your spec's are good, you probably have a bad tire. Cross rotate the front wheels. If it pulls to the left after the rotation, you have a bad tire...

 

tires are directional...

specified range left front right front
camber -1 to 1 -.51 -.81
caster 1.67 to 3.67 3.01 2.26

specified range left rear right rear
camber -1.75 to .25 -1.04 -.66


hope this helps

 

you can still cross rotate the fronts, just have to dismount them and swap sides.

 

You can still rotate the tires. Just rotate them back to the correct position once you find out you have a bad tire.


Your caster measurements COULD cause a drift to the right. A car will drift/pull to the side with the least caster. You need to set caster even side to side or give the right side a little extra caster compared to the left side...

 

Check your tire pressure also.

Does it seem to pull more during acceleration?

 

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Does it seem to pull more during acceleration?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well, just speaking from my recent expirences at the alignment shop. First my alignment guy told me, you should always use NEW tires to get the best alignment. Boy was he right. My '90 CRX which has 177k. was a nightmare to drive. Not anymore. It feels like it's brand new again. What a diiference NEW tires+ an alignment make, it's like night and day.
Did you have new tires mounted or did you use the old ones?
I've done it both ways and it TRULY makes a difference.
HTH
PS the above is correct also, check those pressures.
Or maybe a calipers dragging?

 

yeah, i've checked the air pressure...i used, used tires, so it can be because of my caster also?

 

so the alignment dood can adjust caster settins on my car rite?

 

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Yes, it is but I charge extra to do it. He probably will, too.

 

can a strut bar cause this?? because when my car WAS dropped, i installed the strut bar, after the install i noticed it started steerin to the right.

 

Rotate your tires if you haven't and see if it changes anything. As a former alignment tech I can tell you that alignment often gets blamed when it's actually uneven tire wear causing drifting or pulling. Caster is not going to be much of a factor with a FWD vehicle. On RWD it's huge, but not when you're pulling the car. Did you check out your brakes? The right caliper sticking or dragging will cause this problem. It'd be abnormally hot upon inspection.

 

I threw my rear tires to the front(which had alot of meat on them). and it helped alot, but it still drifts off to the right a tad bit, will this eat up the insides of my tires?

 

I threw my rear tires, which still had alot of meat on them to the front, it help it out alot, but still drifts to the right a tad bit, will this cause the insides of my tires to wear out?

 

Take you car to profesional alightment shop, especially if your car is lowered. Also recommend getting a camber kit

 

nah, i just raised my car back up to stock... and i took it to get an alignement, and thats the probs i encountered, also, thats the specs, on the sheets they gave me.