A few days ago, I had Tokico adjustable shocks and BMR springs installed, with a few other suspension upgrades. Yesterday I brought my car in for an alignment. When I'm driving I can let go of the wheel and it will stay straight - However, If i push in on the clutch and then let the clutch out, as soon as the clutch engages, my car will either pull to the left or to the right. I'm wondering if this is normal? It only pulls in either direction when i let the clutch out there, then once I correct the direction, it goes straight again, until I change gears and let the clutch out. Now obviously when I have my hands on the wheel and am switching gears I can keep the car straight, but I noticed the wheel pulling on my hands a little bit while changing gears and thought i'd see what happens if i just let go of the wheel.

So do you think that's an alignment issue and I should have them realign me or is this some other issue?

 

What other mods? Do you notice it more on rough surfaces? Sounds like a bump steer issue. I installed Steeda X-5 ball joints and their bump steer kit to correct front geometry after lowering my car and had similar issues except mine were during braking. Bump steer can show up during suspension compression (braking) or decompression (acceleration, ie. letting off clutch) causing wheels to toe in or out slightly making the car feel like it is steering it's self. Bad thing is, most alignment shops don't know how toor just don't adjust bump steer. I found a race shop to do mine this tuesday, I'll let you know what happens.

 

why would you let go of steering wheel when engaging the clutch in the first place???????????????????[:-][:-][sm=badidea.gif]

 

For testing purposes... It's not like i let my hands to the side. I had my hands hovering about half an inch above the steering wheel.

 

Did you ever try this before the new struts?

Could it be the trac-loc? The vehicles I've driven with detroit lockers will do that when going from coasting to power or vice versa because of how it locks/unlocks the axles, but I'm not sure if the trac-loc is "aggressive" enough to do that.

 

Sounds like a bumpsteer issue.

 

Race shop said the steering was fine. I run neg .75 degrees ofcamber and slight neg toe (toe out) for handling. They said my car handled really well but may produce the symptoms I'm experiencing on rough pavement. Only way to tell is set everything to straight ant test it. I didn't cause I'm happy with the handling. If you didn't use camber bolts, you likely have neg camber. An alignment won't hurt.