Help! Car keeps going towards the left!!

[zorrt]

Hi guys,

I'm having a problem with my car where is always wants to go towards the left even after I had a wheel alignment and wheel has been balanced. What I was told by the guy was that my camber was worn (can the camber be worn even?) and that there was nothing he could do about making it straight and I got charged for that anyways.

Could a worn camber cause the car to go towards one side only? I've read that if the camber was off it shouldnt stop the car from going straight so long as the toe settings were correct.

The thing I noticed is that the outer most edge of the front left wheel always get worn badly. My ride isnt all wobbly or anything like that tho.

What are your opinions one this guys? Thanks!

[LowEk]

how low is your car?? is anything broken have you broke any steering arms??

[zorrt]

Car isnt too low at all. Just used Whiteline Control Springs which lowers the car by like 30 to 40mm. I'm still getting comments where my friends tell me to lower my car still as they dont realise it had been lowered already. I dont think I broke any steering arms. How can you tell? I can turn left right with no problem and makes no sound either.

[LowEk]

maybe something is bent maybe and you cant see it cos thats not normal man.

[Domokun SPL]

Uhh, you dont compensate with toe for incorrect camber adjustments. You get it adjusted properly.

Also, you say "Could a worn camber"....what do you mean by that. Make sure camber is even side to side, toe and caster. If any of these are not balanced, you will find the car to pull.

Otherwise, maybe someone hit a gutter and kept it hush hush. Try to take the car to a proper suspension place.

[g3vtir]

had the same problem with my previous Integra....KMac suspensions found out that it was the caster that was off....he said because since there have been evidence under the car that i've bottomed out so many times, it seems that the cross member was slightly crushed pushing the caster slightly off because one of the rods that hold the suspension assembly connects to the cross member. Im not an expert so i just took his word for it.

Another suspension place i took it to told me that there was evidence of a previous accident because the welds underneath the car on the chassis were not original welds from Honda so he assumed that this was causing my car to pull to the left even though its been aligned and balanced. Oh and every suspension place i took it to had problems aligning my car and its mostly likely that it had been in an accident.

[newmski]

if the tires are worn evenly in regards to camber u shouldnt have too much left/right tendencies, like others have said somthing may be bent, be it chassis or arms

[BlitZ]

camber should have nothing to do with now your are aligns in a str8 line..


toe on each side yes..
camber no..
banged up alignment yes

I would say no to caster too..


Correct me if im wrong here..

[weezer]

My car started pulling to one side once. It turned out to be a worn LCA bushing.

Jack your car up and see if there is any play in either of the front wheels

[wink]

Could just be that roads are sloped to the left...

[zorrt]

g3vtir, so did your problem eventually get fixed or did you just leave it?

newmski, front left tire doesnt get worn evenly as I posted earlier.

weezer, i'll have a check this weekend if my friend is free as I know next to nothing about car suspension. I only know what gt3 teaches me :]

Thanks for you replies guys. Doubt I'd be taking it back to the place where I got my wheels aligned, I'll look for a good suspension place to see if they can give me tips as to what needs to be fixed.

[ekhybrid]

ive got the same prob, wheel alignment guy says my caster is off too. hmmmm