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- From: leonglaw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lawrence LEONG)
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 11:20:24 GMT
- Subject: Re: Civic drifts
- Message-ID: <53110048@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Singapore
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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- References: <92349.165500QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- In rec.autos.tech, brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) writes:
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- | 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.
- | >
- | >They couldn't figure out the reason. Me either.
- | >
- | >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.
- |
- | 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.
- |
- | 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.
- |
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- I have heard this called "radial pull". Apparently it is due to tyres with
- uneven wear. What was the state of your tyres?
-
- lawrence
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