Alignment? - Hard Left Turn and very soft Right Turn in

e36bmer · 08-19-2015, 09:46 AM

I was driving my gf's car yesterday and it felt really off to me. Though, she's never noticed. It tracks straight and drives fine until you turn the wheel. Turning left, just a slight change in the steering seems to turn in tight and quick. Turning right, it's soft and I feel like I really had to turn the wheel more than expected to get it to turn.

Any ideas on what this could be? Alignment? But most of what I think would make it want to pull in one direction or the other and it doesn't seem to pull at all.

ShocknAwe · 08-19-2015, 12:50 PM

possibly a worn control arm bushing as well.

MightyMouseTech · 08-19-2015, 01:13 PM

Tire pressures first, then alignment. Pulls are caused by bad tires, and not fixed with an alignment.

Pissoff · 08-19-2015, 04:08 PM

A bad tension strut bushing can too. A bad one on just one side will change caster on just that side; causing a pull plus different feeling depending on which you turn

Pissoff · 08-19-2015, 04:11 PM

Bad tension strut bushings can also create a shimmy because of the increase in caster.

08-19-2015, 09:46 AM	#1
e36bmer Private First Class 88 Rep 191 Posts Drives: Revolving door of BMWs Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (2)	Alignment? - Hard Left Turn and very soft Right Turn in I was driving my gf's car yesterday and it felt really off to me. Though, she's never noticed. It tracks straight and drives fine until you turn the wheel. Turning left, just a slight change in the steering seems to turn in tight and quick. Turning right, it's soft and I feel like I really had to turn the wheel more than expected to get it to turn. Any ideas on what this could be? Alignment? But most of what I think would make it want to pull in one direction or the other and it doesn't seem to pull at all.
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08-19-2015, 12:50 PM	#2
ShocknAwe 1Addict 3233 Rep 7,894 Posts Drives: E82 Mutt, M57 Truck Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Charleston iTrader: (22)	possibly a worn control arm bushing as well. __________________ 2010 135i 6MT Jet Black N54/3 FE82 Mutt \| BUILD THREAD \| GARAGE SALE
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08-19-2015, 01:13 PM	#3
MightyMouseTech Major General 4338 Rep 6,196 Posts Drives: 13 135i 6MT LeMans Blue MSport Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (0)	Tire pressures first, then alignment. Pulls are caused by bad tires, and not fixed with an alignment.
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08-19-2015, 04:08 PM	#4
Pissoff Banned 55 Rep 206 Posts Drives: 08, 128i e88 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Fuck you iTrader: (1)	A bad tension strut bushing can too. A bad one on just one side will change caster on just that side; causing a pull plus different feeling depending on which you turn
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08-19-2015, 04:11 PM	#5
Pissoff Banned 55 Rep 206 Posts Drives: 08, 128i e88 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Fuck you iTrader: (1)	Bad tension strut bushings can also create a shimmy because of the increase in caster.
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