Acura Legend Pulls to the Left

[JavierG]

Hi everyone. Here's my issue:
My Legend pulls to the left regardless of whether I'm driving or braking. I have had the alignment done as well as tire rotation and balancing. The guys that did the alignment said that it may be that I need new struts (but they seem fine and are fairly new. No bouncing, etc.) I was told by others that I may just need to switch the two front tires (left to right and right to left). I may do that this weekend if I have time but I wanted to see if you guys had any other suggestions/ideas. Tires are also fairly new with plenty of tread (over 3/4 left). Thanks guys.

 

[robshelton]

Has it ever been hit? Is there any cupping of the tread on the LF tire? And have you checked the weel bearings?

 

[bepperb]

Swap the tires and see what happens. Could be conicity (spelling?) in the tires or it could be that unequal half shaft front drive car has worn one tire more than the other.

 

[Quest]

unequal halfshaft (older FWD design), uneven frt tire thread wear or tire pressure, wheel alignment, chassis distortion due to previous accidents, etc.

sometimes, brake HW drag would have lead to steering wheel pulling also.

Q.

 

[wirelessF]

Steering rack bushings?

 

[mattd]

first thing i would do is cross rotate the tires to see if the pull follows.

 

[JavierG]

No accidents and I'll try swapping the front tires first, but I think you guys may be on to something with the half shaft.
It reminded me that my nephew (who borrowed the car for over a year until he could afford his own) told me a while back that he replaced the driver's side cv joint boot because it was ripped. I'm assuming it was that way since I bought it (May 2011; nephew "borrowed" it same month until couple months ago) as it has always pulled since I first got it.

 

[mechtech2]

Tires can indeed cause a pull - but they are very defective to do so!

Get those alignment specs on line, and then let's see what is really happening.