Swerving
Swerving
I have a 97 honda civic and recently in the past couple of months the back end of my car has been swerving like im hitting ice. The only problem with this is the past couple of months haven't been weather friendly to having ice. I have had my tires rotated and my car aligned twice and it is still swerving. The tires that I have on my car are just barely 2 years old and those were checked throughly and nothing was wrong with them. What could possible be wrong?
Last edited by Capella45; May 23, 2011 at 03:48 PM.
Re: Swerving
yes i do and that was aligned as well back to what it should be and i still have the swerving... some of the swerving is light so i don't bother with it but then there is some swerves were it feels like im going to have to correct myself and the adrenaline gets going because it swerves out so much
Re: Swerving
ah ok my bad :P my current alignments are as follows:
For my front tires starting with my left tire and going to my right
Camber -0.17, -0.35 Range for both -1.00 to 1.00
Caster 1.47,1.39 " " 0.67 to 2.67
Toe 0.02, 0.00 " " -0.04 to 0.12
My front total
Cross Camber 0.19
Cross Caster 0.08
Total Toe 0.03 Range -0.08 to 0.24
Rear tires starting with left and going to right
Camber -1.61, -1.08 Range of Both -2.00 to 0.00
Toe 0.06, 0.09 " " 0.04 to 0.16
Rear total
Cross Camber -0.53
Total toe 0.16 Range 0.08 to 0.32
Thrust Angle -0.01
For my front tires starting with my left tire and going to my right
Camber -0.17, -0.35 Range for both -1.00 to 1.00
Caster 1.47,1.39 " " 0.67 to 2.67
Toe 0.02, 0.00 " " -0.04 to 0.12
My front total
Cross Camber 0.19
Cross Caster 0.08
Total Toe 0.03 Range -0.08 to 0.24
Rear tires starting with left and going to right
Camber -1.61, -1.08 Range of Both -2.00 to 0.00
Toe 0.06, 0.09 " " 0.04 to 0.16
Rear total
Cross Camber -0.53
Total toe 0.16 Range 0.08 to 0.32
Thrust Angle -0.01
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Re: Swerving
OK, you have toe-in in the rear, which should not be causing the swerve. So get under the car and check for torn bushings - i suspect too much play in rear arms.
curiously your rear camber is neg... this could also indicate that rear shocks are goners and the rears lowered enough to give the neg camber, so check for leaks or if the rear shocks are not firm enough anymore.
front toe seems to have the right in a toe-in, so likely will make the car "easier" or "quicker" to take right turns, but not overly bad.
curiously your rear camber is neg... this could also indicate that rear shocks are goners and the rears lowered enough to give the neg camber, so check for leaks or if the rear shocks are not firm enough anymore.
front toe seems to have the right in a toe-in, so likely will make the car "easier" or "quicker" to take right turns, but not overly bad.
Last edited by sdaidoji; May 23, 2011 at 08:08 PM.
Re: Swerving
Both of my rear shocks are leaking a little according to the honda mechanics but not bad enough that it would be causing the swerving that is happening. I'm still looking around at prices for shocks to see who does the best deal on them.
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