I have an FD, & when i am going around 100kms/hr I feel the car is somewhat veering slightly to the left. Not sure if it's just me or if the road is uneven or whatever.
do you guys think it has something to do with tyre pressure? i've got both front tyres at 30PSi.
Im thinking if i make the left front at 28 and keep the right at 30 that would somehow avoid the car veering to the left.
My FD2 pulls to the left too. you can't drive and take your hands off for too long, otherwise it'll run off road. it just won't drive straight.
I read somewhere that this is supposed to be normal (can't remember where i read it) and Honda's response was "it's better than it pulling to the right into oncoming traffic" .. something like that.
Too much camber. I lower my pressures so the tyre sits more flat on the road. Having more contact.
You dont get a very nice fuel efficiency. But understeer is minimised, less wheelspin in the rain during take off at a very steep hill.
My FD2 pulls to the left too. you can't drive and take your hands off for too long, otherwise it'll run off road. it just won't drive straight.
I read somewhere that this is supposed to be normal (can't remember where i read it) and Honda's response was "it's better than it pulling to the right into oncoming traffic" .. something like that.
When you say a car pulls it means when the steering wheel is straight the vehicle veers to one side.
If you take your hands off the steering wheel and the vehicle veers, thats called wandering.
Both is an alignment issue.
But wandering can be cause by the surface of the road.
The design of the roads on a country that is left hand drive is so that the water flows towards the kerb (which is left). So the road is never 100 percent straight or flat.
It will have a slight incline or decline going horizontally on the road.
And really. You shouldnt be letting your hands off the wheels at anytime.
My FD2 pulls to the left too. you can't drive and take your hands off for too long, otherwise it'll run off road. it just won't drive straight.
I read somewhere that this is supposed to be normal (can't remember where i read it) and Honda's response was "it's better than it pulling to the right into oncoming traffic" .. something like that.
I seem to remember that by regulations the wheel alignment must be slightly biased to the left, for safety reasons.
it actually pulls quite a bit.. on a straight road (even when i'm travelling right on the median strip between two lanes, no traffic) it pulls to the left.. i'm constantly having to pull it to the right to drive straight, and it's bloody tiring.
i'll take it in to get the wheels aligned when i get time
Keep in mind ALL ROADS (esp with highway driving), the road is designed to have a slight camber about 0.5 - 1deg, for safety reasons. Just say if you fell asleep at the wheel, the car would veer left because of it to avoid a head of collision or stuff like that.
Wheel alignment is usually the other thing to check.
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Originally Posted by sirdistik
I seem to remember that by regulations the wheel alignment must be slightly biased to the left, for safety reasons.
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