Hey everyone,
Hows everyone doing.
This is my first post and I should tell you I have always done trucks and muscle but have decided to get into the import scene so I bought a 2001 civic sedan EX.
It came with 2" drop coils and rear aftermarket cambers.
I have put on new struts and tires on all four, a left side axle shaft (my bad) and had it aligned because it wanted to drift (almost pull) to the left while driving but not as bad during deceleration (still a tiny bit).
So after everything I've done, it still feels the same.
Anyone ever have this or does anyone have any ideas what it could be or what else I could do?
I'm not real confident with the front control arm bushings on the front control arms (you know, the ones that bolt upward).
Please help, I love this car as it took a long time for me to find MY perfect honda but I almost hate driving it because of this issue... ALMOST.
THANKS,
Eddie

 

Have you looked into a camber kit for also the front? Since those are designed to angle the wheels differently, maybe the back camber setting is not in sync with the factory front setting and causing it to drift left..?

 

Well I took it in and had it alligned.
It has camber kit in the rear and the camber bolt setup for the front and all is aftermarket.
A friend of mine said it sounds like it COULD be torque steer like maybe I have a week or broken mount and then I started thinking about it and it goes straight on coast (clutch in or in nuetral) but pulls one way or the other during acceleration and deceleration so maybe. I will check that, but what do you think about that diagnosis?
And thanks a ton for responding.
Eddie

 

Did you ever get that steering prob. fixed? Hope you got it by now

 

Actually my son has had the car since a week after I originally posted and I just got it back yesterday and the problem is still there. Tried a bunch of tests while I drove it home to see if my buddy might be correct in that it could be a bad motor mount but I don't think that is the problem.
It's pretty annoying so I am going to look into an aftermarket camber kit and see what happens.
Let me know if you have any other ideas.
Thanks,
Eddie

 

I assume that you have checked the tires-- proper inflation, if they have directional tread installed in the proper direction. A tire can go bad and cause a drag to one side even though it looks OK to a casual inspection, so you could also try rotating them around.