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ok, so i replace the axles and the tie-rod ends are good, replaced the LCA bushings...
but everytime i am driving, the car just...jerks to one side or the other.
i did an alignment (as posted on another thread) and the only thing that was off was my camber...
anyone could help me with this?

hmmmm...(thinkin)... is it lowered? my roommates eclipse has that problem, any little crack or the smallest pothole you hit, the thing wants to change lanes on ya, sooooo, another thing could be torque steer, bad, did you buy a decent brand of axles? axles are specifically weighted to greatly reduce torque steer, a friend of mine removed the rubber/steel weight on his passenger side axle and it always wanted to turn right due to less weight and less resistance on that output side of the trans, put the weight back on, and it was fine

how wide are your tires?

When were the tires last balanced?

check the ball joints, as well a worn strut will cause this as well if the top gets oblonged.

Struts are brand new KYB GR-2 all around, the tires were just put on the car (i just got a set of Rota Attack wheels 15x6.5x42@12lbs) and we tested the ball joints and they seem fine. the only thing started when we did an alignment, which is weird. my toe was off by 12*! so we corrected it, went for a drive, and boom.
well, not boom, per se, but i did almost hit a car when she decided to just...swerve.

your tire width.. not rim. 185-215. The wider the tires, the more it will pull over bumps and what not.

i'm running Potenza RE2 at 195-60-15

so...i went to "re-check" everything today to get an idea as to what was causing this.
and we discovered that whomever did the pass side last time (p.o had receipts from the shop that did them about a month before i got the car) used the wrong bolt joint and didn't even put it in right.
they did NOT align the groove on the joint with the bolt, and just tightened it up. when i started driving it, it had apparently came lose and was just wabling around in the spindle.
Lucky me it didn't fall off. i had about 1/8" play in the thing!
It's all fixed out and tight now....
Thanks for all your ideas and help.

Are you talking about the LBJ? Sheeet, you're lucky it didn't come off.

_-Night-Shade-_ wrote:Are you talking about the LBJ? Sheeet, you're lucky it didn't come off.

yep. pass side.
it fell IN THE GROVE when it slid off, so that's what kept it in place, but it was still lose enough for me to move it. i literally grabbed a wrench and tightened the bolt. unfortunatelly, it had to be replaced as the play messed up the metal on it.