SoarerJzz3

I have 92 sc300, I just replaced all bushings up front even the steering rack bushings today and the car still wants to pull hard to the left and also to the right (depending on road condition). I'm thinking it could be my front tires, they are worn a little on the inside. I had the car aligned after the bushings were installed but didn't seem to help. What could it be?!

setwire

What is the mileage on your car?
Did you check your engine and transmission mounts?
What bushings did you install, aftermarket urethane or OEM Rubber (Vlamos Bushings) ?
Did you replace all the front bushings? both upper and lower front and rear ?
Did you get a printed readout of your alignment from the alignment shop? were they able to align to Lexus Specs ?

Even if your tires are worn badly if the alignment was done proper you should not get pulling to either side,
Most important question above is ---What is the mileage on your SC.
Engine and trans mounts usually need replacing at 100,000 miles.
Answer the above questions and perhaps we can point you in the right direction to solve your problem.

Rob

BLK13X

It could be due to the undulations in the road, lower offset wheels will tend to tramline with them (I still like low offsets though).

SoarerJzz3

My car has 154k miles. The bushings are daizen, upper and lower have been replaced. I didn't get a readout on my alignment. Motor and trans. mounts, don't know haven't checked but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with them. I did notice that after I put on my supra tt wheels that it started doing that. When the stock wheels were on it didn't seem to do it. I'm gonna put the stock wheels back on and see what happens.

VJ RC51

welcome to the world of wide tires! They love to follow any deformation in the road!


get used to it!

SoarerJzz3

Really! I would think that supra wheels couldn't cause this type of problem being that they're factory.

AME_VIP

iTrader: (2)

yep
Wide directional tires will pull no matter how good your alignment is.

SoarerJzz3

VJ RC51 do you have the same occurance? I see that you also have supra wheels.

TMaxxTim

I did my bushings with the Daizen ones and mine does still follow the road. Not as bad as it used to.

I have GS400 rims and directional tires on my car so yeah... it does that too.

SoarerJzz3

So do Supra owners have this problem as well?? I was driving around today and definately noticed that when I would be on smooth recently paved streets that a lot of it would go away. We have crappy roads here.

VJ RC51

Yep. Ive had cars before with wide front tires before, so im used to it

J J

My car still pulled after the bushings were done. The front tires had really bad camber wear, so I flipped them, and the car drove perfectly