Hi guy

My car had a complete alignment done few month ago and everything was fine until then
Didnt drive car for few weeks but last time i parked it in my garage everything was fine

Took the car after replugin the battery, immediately notice my steering wheel is slightly miss aligned forced me to push a litle bit to the right to have it centered in a straight line / road.

I dont understand how / what going on with the steering, if it was eps after reaching enough speed it shouldnt affect it, the alignment couldnt have magically move during night / without even running the car.
If it was after the alignment i could have understand but month after and barely drived it?

Thanks
I know i could fix it by turning tie rod but everything was fine before so i dont see any reason to do it before fixing what caused it initialy.

 

Maybe one of the alignment eccentrics was left loose.

 

That was my tought but it would have move way before i think, especially due to my driving style (hard in french mountain)
I would have expected it to move like 1 or 2 week after the alignment if it was the case not month after but i will double check the rear one.

 

Either an alignment adjustment was not fully tightened (which could take some driving to loosen further and move) or the subframe shifted. Make sure the subframe bolts are tightened to spec and see if you can see witness marks where it moved. There is enough slop in those bolt holes to cause a noticeable shift in alignment if it moves.

If it will still track straight but the wheel is just suddenly off, then the subframe sounds more feasible because it shifts everything one direction. If it is pulling to one side, then I would think one adjustor being loose may be the culprit.

Of course make sure tires are all aired to the same pressure too to get the obvious things out of the way

 

Prolly best to take it back to whomever aligned it. They should fix it for free or at a nominal charge.

 

This is what i intend to do but i dont think it's related to the previous alignment since i drived it HARD few time since then.
He will be able to tell me at least if everything is still fine there and if it's the case i could move on to other possibility.

i checked the subframe as suggested (also noticed some dude has issue with the slope on those bolt increase overtime and made any alignment loose after few miles ) and they havent moved and inch , area around is still black no contact mark and they are tighten as ****, thanks for the suggestion guy.
My best bet is now the front tie rods , maybe they have moved or start being defective (ball joint of whatsoever) after being immobilized for few week, and immedia

Tire pressure was the first thing i had cheked, tbh my first feeling was my front left tire was low pressure but no.
Tire are old now, pretty done to the limit (ps cup2 ) and i have a set of new R888R i will change them and go for a ride to see if there was any related issue to them but i dont think so.

I will then move to suspension, possible brake caliper seized, and i will end with anything that is eps related and will post update about it.

It's going to be snowy here i am so it will take few week but ill be sure to come back when ill find it

Any new / other idea is welcome since France only has a "small community" of s2K owner

 

Dragging brake can be found with an IR thermometer. After driving for a while you should notice one wheel and hub is significantly hotter if the brake is dragging. Can many time tell just by feeling with your hand on the center of the wheel.

 

You may have just solved my riddle! I had my car in the shop last month for new rear wheel bearings. They called me after a test drive and said the new wheel bearings got rid of the humming sound, but that my steering wheel was crooked and asked if had always been like that.
I told them no, it was straight when I brought it to them.
They were perplexed because they only touched the rear of the car (they did had to pull out axles because the bearing was seized on), but did an alignment for me anyways.

I now suspect that when they were trying to get the bearings off the axles, they accidentally shifted the subframe. Is there a way to re-center the subframe? (and then get another alignment)

 

Regarding the tire pressure being uneven. I have never driven a car so sensitive to uneven tire pressure. When I had one of the tires that was low due to a bad valve stem it felt like the car was pulling pretty hard to the right and felt squirrely. It was only 8psi or 0.551581 bar off. That is quite a bit but no other car I have owned seemed to be as sensitive to that same level before. Always good to check the easy things like this.

 

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Does the torque sensor setting / and the eps even apply at high speed ? Cause i used to know that it will turn of after reaching some speed.

If it happly a small adjust / anything at all time about the neutral position then it will be an easy fix for me i guess?
Any honda dealer can perform an eps reset?
I had checked how to do it but shorting a fuse or something like this isnt somthing i really like