Pull to the right?

SonicGerm · 05-20-2008, 06:06 PM

Is it normal for a vehicle to pull to the right just a bit? It's the pull of the road right?

FirstClass · 05-20-2008, 06:13 PM

RFTs + crown of the road = slight right pull sometimes. That being said, my car can go for 20+s without steering input on the highway if it feels like it, sometimes it need small adjustments every 5s.

SonicGerm · 05-20-2008, 06:22 PM

Thanks I'm pretty sure it just in my head but I hit a pretty big pot hole. Damn N. Carolina roads.

continentalg5 · 05-20-2008, 06:22 PM

You may want to check your alignment.

BMdblU · 05-20-2008, 06:59 PM

check tire pressure

TurboManiacal · 05-20-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SonicGerm

Thanks I'm pretty sure it just in my head but I hit a pretty big pot hole. Damn N. Carolina roads.

Mine has pulled to the right ever since I hit the damned bridge spanner coming across the NC / SC border heading north from South of the Border

Also a slight wobble in the allignment. 7,000 miles in 8 weeks of ownership. Outstanding...lots of work for the dealership next month when I take the car in for the 13k service.

DSXMachina · 05-20-2008, 08:13 PM

Roads are raised, or 'crowned' in the middle to promote drainage. This results in your car slowly going to the right when you let go of the wheel. It's normal. In the left lane of a highway there should be a wander to the left.
Find a nice big parking lot somewhere and drive across it without holding the wheel. If your car steers straght ahead you don't have a problem.

yoyeewee · 05-21-2008, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DSXMachina

Roads are raised, or 'crowned' in the middle to promote drainage. This results in your car slowly going to the right when you let go of the wheel. It's normal. In the left lane of a highway there should be a wander to the left.
Find a nice big parking lot somewhere and drive across it without holding the wheel. If your car steers straght ahead you don't have a problem.

+1 Our roads are crowned where rain water drains down to the sides of the roads. It's not easy for our naked eyes to see it. But it's there.

But to be on the safe side, check your tire pressures and your alignment just in case.

SonicGerm · 05-21-2008, 04:53 AM

Alignment at the dearler or is that something I can do myself. I know it's a stupid qestion.

yoyeewee · 05-21-2008, 06:52 AM

goto dealer for alignment.

AJerman · 05-21-2008, 06:54 AM

Screw that, go to a tire shop that gives free alignment checks and see if it's out before you pay anything. I don't know where in NC you are, but I know Just Tires has free alignment checks.

gravediggingaditch · 05-21-2008, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by AJerman

Screw that, go to a tire shop that gives free alignment checks and see if it's out before you pay anything. I don't know where in NC you are, but I know Just Tires has free alignment checks.

I agree.

Its normal if you are turning the steering wheel to the right.

e92leon · 05-21-2008, 09:43 AM

I'd just go to a alignment shop and check it out

myfirstbmw335i · 05-21-2008, 12:04 PM

FIRST...check tire pressure...if uneven, then that is most likely the cause for a slight pull..
Second...If tire pressure is even....then all cars will pull slightly to the right when driving down a two lane road...OR...if you are in the right lane or right two lanes on an interstate....(if the interstate is 4-lanes in one direction, then your car should pull slightly left if you are in the left two lanes because as others have stated the road has a crown in the center)
Third...if it's bad enough the it annoys you, then it probably needs an alignment....

SonicGerm · 05-21-2008, 03:18 PM

I just wanted to thank you all. I took it to a parking lot and I can go pretty far with out any corrections. I'm pretty sure it's just in my head.

Thanks for the feed back though.

e92phreak · 05-21-2008, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BMdblU

check tire pressure

If it pulls to the right and it is indeed tire pressure, it would be one of two things, right?

1) right tire pressure low
2) left tire pressure high

???

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