Notices
Series II Technical and Trouble shooting Discuss technical details for the Series II RX-8 and any issues or problems you are facing

Vehicle pulls to the left

Thread Tools
 
Rate Thread
 
Old Jan 10, 2014 | 07:28 AM
  #1  
parnellj48's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
From: GA
Vehicle pulls to the left

My 09 R3 has a pull to the left. I've personally aligned this car 3 times trying to get my setup how I want. All readings are within spec but still it pulls to the left. I.E. Hold steering wheel straight. Vehicle drives straight. Let go of steering wheel, vehicle starts moving to the left. If I remember correctly the vehicle will pull to the side with the least amount of caster. Both caster reading are exactly the same. Also is there a re calibration of the eps to reset center point? Maybe the eps zero calibration is set to the left slightly and is constantly assisting to center? any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Last edited by parnellj48; Jan 14, 2014 at 03:33 PM. Reason: cant spell
Reply
Old Jan 10, 2014 | 08:07 AM
  #2  
bse50's Avatar
#50
 
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 7,521
Likes: 11
From: Caput Mundi
Have somebody else do the alignment and report the results back.
Reply
Old Jan 10, 2014 | 09:20 AM
  #3  
parnellj48's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
From: GA
Originally Posted by bse50
Have somebody else do the alignment and report the results back.
Id prefer to do the alignment myself. Maybe the machine i was using was not calibrated. The hunter machine at my work doesn't have big enough adapters for 18" wheels. So I had to use another dealers machine. Perhaps I can swap my 17"s off my Acura and use the known goods machine. But there is no calibration for the steering angle / eps for after an alignment?
Reply
Old Jan 11, 2014 | 11:17 AM
  #4  
Digger1911's Avatar
Registered
 
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 213
Likes: 1
From: San Diego
Cross rotate the front tires, see if your car pulls left.. If the pull switch sides, there is something up with one of the tires.
Reply
Old Jan 11, 2014 | 11:35 AM
  #5  
parnellj48's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
From: GA
Originally Posted by Digger1911
Cross rotate the front tires, see if your car pulls left.. If the pull switch sides, there is something up with one of the tires.
I thought that too. I just put new tires on the 19"s. Zero miles. I swapped them on Wednesday
and still no change. I really hope that something isn't bent. I wanna do another alignment with my 17"s so i can use the machine at work. I'll repost once I get around to that.
Reply
Old Jan 12, 2014 | 06:43 PM
  #6  
averyrm's Avatar
Registered
 
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 21
Likes: 0
Does it do it on both the left and right side of a highway? The RX8 seems more sensitive to road camber than some cars.
Reply
Old Jan 14, 2014 | 03:36 PM
  #7  
parnellj48's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
From: GA
Originally Posted by averyrm
Does it do it on both the left and right side of a highway? The RX8 seems more sensitive to road camber than some cars.
road crown does not affect the pull. even though the roads suck here lol. I hope to have an alignment done by next week.
Reply
Old Jan 15, 2014 | 08:46 AM
  #8  
04Green's Avatar
Moder8
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,578
Likes: 55
From: Oviedo, Florida
Rear alignment? Air Pressures?
Reply
Old Jan 15, 2014 | 06:43 PM
  #9  
godesshunter's Avatar
Voids warranties
 
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,632
Likes: 0
From: southern new england
If your alignment machine is of the vintage that it's heads cannot clamp any wheels beyond 17", I wouldn't put much stock in anything it has to say. Are you jacking up or doing a rolling compensation? You know you cannot do a jacking compensation on a car with multi-link suspension, right?
Reply
Old Jan 16, 2014 | 07:30 AM
  #10  
parnellj48's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
From: GA
Yeah the machine I used was the hunter with clamp on adapters. It uses the laser mirrors/pickups. I do roll compensation and caster sweep. The machine I used I don't use on a regular basis since it's at another dealership of the same owner. Once I get my hub rings, I'm gonna swap my 17"s on and try at my dealerships machine which is also a hunter but much newer. Same style though.
Reply
Old Jan 16, 2014 | 11:59 PM
  #11  
kma5783's Avatar
Registered
iTrader: (7)
 
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 836
Likes: 7
From: St Petersburg, FL
Post your alignment specs.

The car will pull to the side with....

the most positive camber.
the least caster.

To get a car to pull left you usually have to have a decent cross between sides.

Or it could be related to tires, I've seen brand new tires cause a pull.

Last edited by kma5783; Jan 17, 2014 at 12:04 AM.
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
LB2739
New Member Forum
5
Jul 9, 2019 02:25 AM
WranglerFan
New Member Forum
4
Nov 5, 2017 09:35 AM
Tsurugi
New Member Forum
0
Sep 7, 2015 08:27 PM
projectr13b
Series I Do It Yourself Forum
1
Sep 6, 2015 01:04 PM



You have already rated this thread Rating: Thread Rating: 0 votes,  average.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:56 PM.