Yes if the car is immediately going right something is wrong. I am talking on the shoulder in 1/4 miles or less. roads have alot to do with everything along with tires if they are cupped out of balance tire pressure all have things to do with it.

 

VV - Yes my tires are on correctly. They weren't on correctly for about 3 weeks. Then Domenic said something to me and they were corrected at Jake's garage. Once they were on correctly they immediately started pulling hard to the right. Let go of the wheel and within 3 seconds I’m in the next lane. I'm not sure what to do and where to go. Before the wheels were corrected the car ran straight as an arrow. Jibberjabbers I'm not sure how to check compression rod bearings. ricerocketdave not sure how to check wheel bearings either. The tires are in really good shape tread wise. When it was up on the lift I checked them and no unusual wear. Still lots of tread. Thanks for your help guys. Any suggestions on where to go get these things checked. I'm not rollin in dough. Thanks!

Stone

 

Well there are a few people on here that can check that out for you. A lot of it depends on what part of town your in. The shop i work at is in plano.
The car is supposed to naturally drift(castor settings to compensate for road crown), but a hard pull is no bueno. I can check it out if you want.

 

OH WTF. SO IT'S NORMALL FOR THE CAR TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT???!!! mann i went to Sears to get my car aligned. They tried everythingggg but couldnt get the car to stop going to the right. It's not drastic but it will go to the right after i let go of the wheel going 60 after about 5 secs. Everything in my specs sheet is green. So am i safe?

 

yes you are safe.....like i said its basicly just to offset the affect of roadcrown. its nothing to worry about. Now if you change a full lane inside of 10 second, that is! And according to Nissan warranty,(if your car is still covered by the factory warranty) a full lane change in 7 seconds or less constitutes a warranty alignment.

 

I found out that our rear wheel hub nut can come loose easily as well. This is an easy check. Jack up a rear wheel and see if it'll turn left/right. It should be solid. It's an easy fix too. Just torque it back up to 200ft-lbs.

Most roads are crowned intentionally or not so a car will slowly turn to one side. If you can find a drag strip that'll tell you if it is just the road or the car.

 

Two words...Tire Pull. Mine started the exact same thing after i swapped my front tires. The wheels remained on the same sides, i just had the tires unmounted and swapped to opposite sides. Immediately my car started pulling to the right, not hard but very noticeable. I took it to NTB and they said I had a perfect alignment. Then I took it to Dallas Frame and Alignment, 15 minutes after they took my car he says my alignment is perfect (they even showed me on their cool handmade aligment tools! ). Suspension components checked out fine and Dallas Frame said only thing is that its tire pull. The tires just wore a certain way before, and when i swapped sides, it affected the pull to the right because of the tire wear on the previous sides they were mounted.

Your rear tires (which would wear faster than your fronts depending on your driving style and previous alignment) were mounted backwards, thus they were broken in and wore out in the wrong direction. Since it is a unidirectional tire, and now you have it mounted pointed the correct way, the tire wear has been affected even though you really cant "see" it when you look at the tire. Here is some info i found on tire rack about tire pull and tire conicity:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=12

If tire pull first becomes noticeable after many miles of driving on a tire, it is typically due to driving conditions or vehicle misalignment that has caused the tire's tread to wear on an angle (with one side wearing faster than the other), or allowed the tire on the left side of the axle to wear faster than the tire on the right side of the same axle.

If a vehicle has a pulling problem, the alignment should be checked (including cross camber, cross caster and thrust angle settings)...

 

^dang D.. Where you been BRO???

 

What up! Thanks for the info. I guess I should just do some donuts in the opposite direction!!! I wonder if they will balance out in time? Note to self...Always make sure the tires are on correctly before driving! Thanks again Dom.