Steering wheel stiff to turn after new rear tire and rear brakes/rotors?

Mac0908
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 23:51:57 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

2017 Honda Civic. Just had a flat at the driver side rear tire and it was unable to be patched. While I was replacing the tire I also opted for new rear brakes and rotors (rotors were warped). The car is at 57k miles and needed this maintenance. Ever since the day of the repair, driving the vehicle just seems a bit “off” with the most specific symptom I can point too being that the steering wheel seems a bit more hard to maneuver or is just a bit stiff.

I find this a bit strange as this is a front wheel drive vehicle and it had no work done to the front, but instead the rear. I wonder, what might be going on? It should be noted that the passenger side rear tire is in good shape and it doesn’t appear that there is some sort of imbalance going on back there, though even if there were it still wouldn’t make sense given that, again, the car is FWD. Any advice is much appreciated. TIA

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