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2G My Eclipse 2G keeps veering to the right and I don't know why.

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mbermendsm

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Sep 19, 2026
Jerez de la Frontera, Europe
I have a problem with my late 1996 Eclipse 2G. I replaced the coilovers and all the suspension arms, and the car pulls to the right. I'm from Spain. I've attached the alignment report; maybe you can help me.
FRONT: left
convergence: -00.01º
camber: -01.74º
caster: +02.84
steering knuckle inclination: +09.83º

FRONT: right
convergence: -00.02º
camber :-01.25º
caster: +03.77º
steering knuckle inclination: +07.44º

REAR: left
convergence: +00.64º
camber: -03.11º

REAR: right
convergence: +00.26º
camber :-01.67º

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Alignment basics: With front camber difference (between RF and LF cambers) of 0.5 degree or more, the vehicle will pull to the side with the most positive camber. In your case: -1.25 (RF) is more positive (or less negative) than -1.74 (LF), so it will pull to the right.

Plus you're way out of camber spec anyway. Spec is 0.0 +/- 0.5 (in blue on your sheet).
 
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Alignment basics: With front camber difference (between RF and LF cambers) of 0.5 degree or more, the vehicle will pull to the side with the most positive camber. In your case: -1.25 (RF) is more positive (or less negative) than -1.74 (LF), so it will pull to the right.

Plus you're way out of camber spec anyway. Spec is 0.0 +/- 0.5 (in blue on your sheet).
That's true, but since the car is lower than stock, I imagine the camber changes. I don't know if the rear imbalance is also due to a faulty rear control arm or something like that. Everything at the front is new, and I read that in these cars, the caster is more positive on the passenger side than the driver's, since I was told that one wheel is further forward than the other. (I've attached videos so you can see anything.)
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"I read that in these cars, the caster is more positive on the passenger side than the driver's, since I was told that one wheel is further forward than the other."

Who told you that? I don't think one wheel is further forward than the other. However on the 97-99's there supposedly is more positive caster on the RF than the LF. This more caster means that the relative heights of the front wheels are mis-adjusted more when you steer.
See posts 1, 4, 7 here: https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/2g-caster-changing-it.176057/
 
"I read that in these cars, the caster is more positive on the passenger side than the driver's, since I was told that one wheel is further forward than the other."

Who told you that? I don't think one wheel is further forward than the other. However on the 97-99's there supposedly is more positive caster on the RF than the LF. This more caster means that the relative heights of the front wheels are mis-adjusted more when you steer.
See posts 1, 4, 7 here: https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/2g-caster-changing-it.176057/
I'll take a look at it, but I recall reading about that camber issue; if you look at mine, there's a bigger difference on the passenger side compared to the driver's side, even though the readings fall outside the specs shown on the alignment machine. Still, I want to get an alignment done because I replaced those control arms shortly after the last alignment, and I want to see if anything has improved—aside from the fact that the entire rear suspension is in terrible shape and needs replacing.
 
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