Ok, so my car has been pulling to the right when I accelerate and it has been getting worse. After Sunday's auto-x is horrible. I can change lanes without even having to turn the wheel.
It drives straight while coasting and breaking. I've checked the bushings in the front lower control arms and they look fine. Could my coilovers be adjusted wrong? I've never had my car corner balanced. Why would it get worse after the auto-x?

Oh, I just had my car aligned last week for what that's worth. It did this before the alignment too but it has only gotten way worse after the auto-x.

thanks for the ideas. That's all I'm looking for here. What should I examine next?...

 

Take a visual check of the ball joints, tie rod ends etc. to make sure nothing is loose or pulling out of socket. The alignment shop should have caught this on your visit there. It sound to me like a ball joint or tie rod problem. Maybe a crushed stock bushing in the arms. The torque from autocrossing (acceleration creates torque steer to the right on most cars) may have pulled or damaged furhter the rubber items in the suspension and steering.

 

if you auto-x then Im sure your tire pressures are all the good and balanced, if not do so. If there are no messed up or broken suspension parts, then it is an alignment issue, probably your thrust angle, the part of an alignment that sets you car straight, like when cars dog track (go down the road crooked like a dog) or mabey even a toe issue, probably not camber though, because you can see a camber problem by looking at the wheel from the front of the car, ie, is one front wheel sloped more than the other?

 

I have adjustable camber with a kit that uses non-centric hinges on the upper control arm. I know that after the alignment I had -1.5 on the driver side and -1.8 on the passenger side. It pulled under acceleration slightly and was somewhat annoying. Now it's not slight and is very annoying. Is it possible that my camber came out of whack and that's what's causing the pull?

 

It is possible that your camber is out of spec, again, but the likelihood of that happening is small.

Rotate your tires front to back. Drive it then, it shouldnt pull. If it does not pull, you have a bad tire. The bad tire is on the front of the side in which the car is pulling. Tires also do cause a pulling effect (defective tire).

Check your axles. I just changed out an axle for a fellow HT member with the EXACT same symptoms, it ONLY pulls under acceleration, it also had a vibration as well.

 

deffidently recheck the camber then, its very possible it could have vibrated or jared itself loose

 

If not suspension then pressure or shifted/broken belt in tire possibly. Could also be the maDD TQ all us Honda owners output

 

Hey 92BlackSi, I used to push 259 lb-ft of torque through this drive train so... don't laugh.

 

Glagola1 - obviously I am joking and obviously there are Hondas that output tonnes of power.

 

Oh don't get me wrong my car makes pitiful torque now. (b16 as oppposed to the boosted LS I used to run)

It's all good and thanks for the replys.