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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:17:04 EST
- From: <QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92351.101704QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Civic drifts
- References: <92349.165500QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Dec15.140719.9719@mcnc.org>
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- In article <1992Dec15.140719.9719@mcnc.org>, brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) says:
- >
- >In article <92349.165500QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu> <QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >>Hi everyone, I have a problem with my 82 Civic. It drifts slowly toword
- >>left if I release the steering wheel. I went to a shop today and had them
- >>check up. They said the alignment (what I thought the problem was) was
- >>good. They also check the brakes. All four wheels are good without
- >>dragging. After swapping the two front tires, nothing changed.
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- >>They couldn't figure out the reason. Me either.
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- >>I need help. Thanks.
- >>
- >>Ching
- >
- >Has the car ever been hit? This will do it. Did they check both the front
- >_and_ rear wheel alignment? If the brakes aren't dragging, good. Also,
- >check the suspension for worn bushings, ball joints, springs, etc.
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- >I once had a weird pulling problem with my '81 Civic. I rotated the tires,
- >and immediately it started pulling. Couldn't see anything wrong with the
- >tires. Took it in to be aligned. The guy said the alignment was ok, and
- >swore the car must have been hit. I knew it hadn't been. He jury-rigged the
- >alignment so it would steer straight.
- >
- >The next time I rotated the tires, the problem immediately reappeared, only
- >in the opposite direction. I took it back in and they realigned it back to
- >specs.
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- >I came to the conclusion in my case it was the tires. I replaced the tires
- >before needing another rotation, and had it aligned again. The problem was
- >gone for good. Must have had a belt shift inside one of them or something,
- >because it didn't appear till the tires were about half worn.
- >
- >Ted Brooks
- > ______________________________________________________________________
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- They checked both front and rear alignment. But you are right about the tire
- situation. They are at least half worn, rear pair specially. They swapped the
- front pair, didn't bring up any changes. I am not sure they did it to the rear
- pair. Actually may be not. I'll try it to see if it is the case. BTW, the car
- is never hit. This pulling problem didn't happen until last 2000 miles.
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- Thank you for replying.
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- Ching
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