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jdm240sx122 01-03-2011 07:34 PM

Wants to pull right..
 
I was wondering if I could get some advice on what you think might of happened. http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...afa2de4d2d.jpg

Ok First off I was out running the car pretty hard a night or two ago, and now sence then Ive noticed it wanting to pull to the right. So I first thought mabe I bent some thing ): But I jacked it up and everything looked fine untill I removed the boot off the inner tie rod and saw this^^ with powersteering fluid leaking every where. So Im hoping Mabe I just blew a seal in the power steering rack ,but would that make it pull right and am I going to have to replace the entire rack beacause of this. I havent took anything apart yet..SO what do you think??????????

jdm240sx122 01-03-2011 07:59 PM

Aww Shit I think I might of posted in the wrong section. Oh well...........Its a zenki BTW.

jdm240sx122 01-03-2011 08:58 PM

Bump.................

codyace 01-03-2011 09:22 PM

If you banged it off a curb or a pothole, it's possible for sure...or a slightly bent tie rod end/control arm. If the leaking has ceased, I'd look into getting it aligned. If it hasn't stopped leaking, replace the race, and get it aligned anyway.

jdm240sx122 01-03-2011 09:27 PM

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...1d7462a5db.jpgYa it seems to me like the leaking has ceased..But I cant recall banging it off any curbs or potholes or anything.

slidesquad240 01-03-2011 10:04 PM

my car does this also not sure what it is but im going with tie rods

codyace 01-03-2011 11:21 PM

Anytime a car 'pulls' it's due to some sort of alignment issue. Even a bad tire won't make it pull one direction or the other, aside from some wacky 1/100000 chance.

You may not remember hitting anything, but what else would throw off the aligmnent? Maybe you loosend a camber bolt or upper mount, which induced some toe because of the camber change? POssible, but more than likely you bent something.

Align it yourself, or take it a shop and have it done.

jdm240sx122 01-03-2011 11:41 PM

Aight Ill check out the alignment and let you know how it goes.

jdm240sx122 01-05-2011 03:28 PM

I checked the alignment and it looks fine.. I cant even work this toe out through adjusting the alignment...I tried. Now im guessing its gotta be the tierods considering there weak stock ones. So im gona take them of the car today to get a better look at them, and try to see whats going on.

slidesquad240 01-05-2011 03:40 PM

When I'm driving and turn right my car wants to go right like it jerks to the right

jdm240sx122 01-12-2011 07:15 PM

I havent updated this thread in a couple of days but its because Ive been trying to fix the car. Ive bought and installed brand new gold tein inner and outer tierods and finnaly just took the car to an alignment shop and had them align it. After they aligned it the car still wants to pull right. I dont know what it could be all I could think of is the power steering rack ,but even then It dosent make sense to me because while I had the car up on jacks and started it the wheels wont turn/pull to the right no matter which way I turned the Wheel. It only happens while the car is driving down the road. So basicaly Ive eliminated bad tierods and off alignment. IDEAS????????????????

ranger240 01-12-2011 07:23 PM

while youre at it you might as well replace the lower arm bushing with energy suspension ones and do ball joints... besides worn out strut mounts that's pretty much everything in the front end sans rack.

(someone who has put more time into this than me correct me if im wrong) but if your rear end is misaligned it can cause issues. from the photo its clear you arnt running a stock suspension so your rear toe/camber/whatever might need work.

does it pull to the right going over bumps or continuously?

i'd first put a new tie rod boot on to prevent more crud from getting in the rack and replace ball joints.

jdm240sx122 01-12-2011 07:30 PM

It pulls right continuously not just while going over speed bumps ,and the rear end has been aligned as well as the front. I doubt the ball joints are bad because the control arm are pretty close to new.....Any thing will help thanks....

jdm240sx122 01-12-2011 08:16 PM

Aight your never gona beleave what it was....The tires in the back were pretty bald and I just put them back there to eat them up and be done with them. So I put the other tires back on and the car drives perfectly straight. Wow what are the odds........THANKS to everybody that helped...THE END....................:)

FaLKoN240 01-12-2011 10:17 PM

I replaced my tires got my car aligned and my car pulls to the right.

I was really hoping this would have a solution to my problem. :(

Themowpro33 12-18-2013 10:50 PM

Hey check measuring the ride hight you might have sagging springs on the right witch will throw off your alignment

mechanicalmoron 12-18-2013 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by codyace (Post 3810279)
Anytime a car 'pulls' it's due to some sort of alignment issue. Even a bad tire won't make it pull one direction or the other, aside from some wacky 1/100000 chance.

You may not remember hitting anything, but what else would throw off the aligmnent? Maybe you loosend a camber bolt or upper mount, which induced some toe because of the camber change? POssible, but more than likely you bent something.

Align it yourself, or take it a shop and have it done.

A tiny mistake with tire pressure, like checking it with one side in a cold early morning shadow, can easily make a big enough difference to feel a pull.

BossHogg 12-20-2013 03:49 PM

I sure hope he fixed this by now since it seemed to be a problem nearly 3 years ago.

FaLKoN240 12-21-2013 10:33 AM

Why the fuck he do this?!


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