Pulling to the left

**sharik** · 30-06-2004 01:59 PM

OK, i had a simmilar problem if not worse. Castor kit costs about $50 maybe cheaper, call up Whiteline they are based in Tulamarine and should help you out heaps. You cannot adjust the castor without the caster kit and its not as complicaded as what you might think. When you have bad caster, it means that one wheel is in front of the other and in your case im asuming its the left behind the right.
The caster kit has 2 bolts and about 20 washers or so, and they just replace the bolt on one the wheels and put washers in to align both wheels the same, but ofcource all of that has to be done at the alignment place since there is no way of knowing axactly how many washers to put in with the naked eye.
But what I would do first is get a print out of the results, which should have the following info: Camber, Toe, Castor and obviously for both front and rear axles. If your caster is more than a degre out then you gota get that kit, but i mean the people that put you onto that alignment machine should tell you what the problems are.
Another posiblity is your Camber out of wack, so your right wheel might be too -negative camber to the left one, and that can make your can go leftish. Just to warn you though, camber kits cost around $200+ due to the fact they are adjustable, and also would need to be fited at same place as castor.

**Javed** · 30-06-2004 02:02 PM

sharik would that help me in my situation? I am out like 2 or 3 degrees :S

**sharik** · 30-06-2004 02:07 PM

Hadean: yes thats true tha fact that steering might be easier on one side or the other, but i mean if he tells us that its pulling to the left then I would assume that he has tried many types of slopes, and still pulls to the left.
But his describtion matches what I had, so I mean im just trying to guide him on the right path. But just gota get those results first, i mean no one should charge you for wheel aligment if his camber or castor is out by so much that makes him pull to the left.

**sharik** · 30-06-2004 02:10 PM

Javed: anything thats out by that much needs attention. Its just that it costs a bit of money to do it, so people just say F.....it. It cost me about $300 including labour, and that fixed it so money well spent i thought.

**Hadean** · 30-06-2004 02:12 PM

don't u think it's strange that it happens only 'sometimes'?

**Psyklops** · 30-06-2004 02:17 PM

I am of the opinion that $300 to get an adjustable front end is actually not bad...being able to dial in custom caster, camber and toe settings for the track is really quite desirable. Whiteline actually supply recommended settings for road and track for their kits. That will be happening to my EG just before I take it to Sandown or The Island.

**sharik** · 30-06-2004 02:20 PM

Its really upto you the driver, if you think its still ok to drive and your happy and it dosent hinder much performance or whatever then I guess its not worth it. But its really upto the driver as I said.
In my opinion, yes I do think its strange that it happends sometimes and for me, that would give me more of an urgency to get it checked out and posibly fixed.

**FR33K** · 30-06-2004 03:10 PM

i had that problem....
got my brake hoses changed.. fixed the problem...
they were blocked or something

**wynode** · 30-06-2004 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Javed

sharik would that help me in my situation? I am out like 2 or 3 degrees :S

What the hell?

This is not your thread. Please make a new one as its not fair to the original thread starter.

**teggsi** · 30-06-2004 03:46 PM

Man the response is awsome and must say my mind is just buzzing with big ideas. Wouldnt mind a whiteline kit if need be. Guys you all have given your integeras a good run does the steering shake on high speed. After 120km/hr my steering has a funny shake and feel. Even my 86 corolla feels more stable at that speed and i expect hondas to have a much better handling. Now its not too rugged but not clean if you all know what i mean. I like things to be in place and wouldnt mind paying extra to get things fixed. As i said earlier I would like to add more power to the car but see it point less if the handling will let me down.