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Old 12-28-2008, 11:54 AM
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My friend has a 2002 s2000 and when you are coasting along in any gear and press the gas the car pulls really hard to the right. As soon as you let off it pulls really hard back to the left. My s2000 never did this and the only time i have seen this is in fwd. Any ideas? By the way there are no odd sounds when the car does this.
Old 12-28-2008, 12:00 PM
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my friend was telling me mine did that...apparently it was my tires. they were diff sizes cuz one was really worn out.
Old 12-28-2008, 12:08 PM
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Sounds like the alignment probably needs to be checked.
Old 12-28-2008, 12:16 PM
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Just tire pressure. When you check you'll find at least one with a pretty low pressure.
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Tire press.
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I also think it is tire pressure. Same thing happened to me and one rear tire was down to 12 psi.
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Thanks you guys. that is exactly what it was. The LF and RR barely even showed anything on the TPG. Im guessing that he has runflats on it because with pressures that low they should have been sitting on the ground. But i couldnt visualy tell a diffrence after they were inflated correctly. However the car no longer pulls. Thanks again for the quick fix.
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Be sure to figure out why the tires were so low. I bet there is still something stuck in the tires.
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Originally Posted by CoralDoc' date='Dec 28 2008, 07:45 PM
Be sure to figure out why the tires were so low. I bet there is still something stuck in the tires.
The car has been sitting for over 6 months while we were on deployment. So i figured that is the main cause for them being low, but upon further inspection there is a screw in the RR. So when he gets back from leave he will have to deal with that then. Until then i will just keep an eye on it. Thanks again.
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that green slime shit works. might throw off bal. for a while but if youre not tracking/ trying to find a quick fix....it works wonders.

im sure the guys who change your tires after will hate you though.


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