Do any 05 owners have any tire feathering yet?

 

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I'v had my Z for about 5 months now and no feathering seen

 

4,100 miles, no feathering. But again, I have aftermarket wheels / tires / coilovers / rear camber and toe bolts

 

3500 miles no problems.

 

4,100 miles. Notice slight pull to the right when hands are off the wheel, but I don't think it has enought miles to detect feathering yet.

 

Yeah bro I get that too? Whats up with that??? It's not like its pulling to the right but if I take my hands off the wheel "there it goes."

Anyone else experience this?

 

mine does it too.. but i only have 2500 miles on mine.. i think i just need an alignment..

 

I'll hit 10,000 miles on tomorrow's drive to work. Had the car since Oct 2004. No feathering. No drifting to the right. Drives as good as good as the day I bought it. I do hear an occasional rattle from the center console, rear-view mirror, and rear hatch area, but these are minor annoyances.

- John

 

I have 15k miles now bought my 05 Z in Oct of 04, I have tire feathering, didn't show up until I hit about 14k. But my dealer has promised me an alignment and new tires, its just a hassle to go to the dealer to get it done and leave my car there over night.

JK!!! hit 6k miles and no problems thus far, although its time for an oil change

 

Mine does too, I thought it was the road. It doesn't do it all the time, but sometimes it pulls harder than others.

 

Here is the End of the Feathering Post:

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....39#post1464139

The Beginning:

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....8&page=1&pp=20

Cheers Amy -

X 350Z Owner - But big Fan - See under Slightly Bent - Ha !

 

Incredible that you guys all the have the same problem. I just picked up my 05 today brand new. Soon as I rode off the lot I noticed it had a slight pull to the right. It's not overexaggerated, but if you straighten the wheel and take your hands off of it.. the wheel will work its way to the right.. Not even 50 miles on it yet!

 

Mine has a small pull to the right too, but I think it is just the crown on the road. In a flat parking lot I don't notice it.

 

Same here, 4500 miles and slight pull to the right.

 

I get the feeling that a lot of people forget about road crowning. I believe even with a 'perfectly' aligned front end, the vehicle will pull to the right. Also, the crowning on all roads is not consistent.

 

I'm got almost 5000 miles....no feathering, no pulling to the right.

 

Maybe this "pulling to the right" is the repercussion of the "tire feathering correction" to the FSU (Front suspension unit). Hehe if the tire feathering issue has been addressed then this slight pull to the right can't be as bad can it

 

For sure. I'd take a slight pull to the right anyday then.

Just an update to this though. I noticed I don't think our cars are actually "pulling" to the right as much as we think. They are probably just drifting due to everything being so stiff on the steering. I think bumps + the road gradients just make it very easy for it to continue the right drift due to the way our steering is set up. I noticed it will just as quickly pull to the left. We probably just think it's pulling subconciously because of the publicity of tire feathering issues.

So, if you drive it normally without being paranoid that the alignment is off like I was, you more than likely wont notice it. At least, I didn't.

 

I wish you were right I don't speak for everyone but in my case it never pulls or should I say drift to the left, its always to the right. But like I said it's really not an issue because it only happens when I take my hands of the wheel, and I don't feel any tension or pulling so far when driving.