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Robin
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10th Nov 05 at 19:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bit of a bizarre one tbh

every time i accelerate hard the steering wheel drops down to the right sllightly, and then when i back off, the front end goes really light

i've checked the tracking at work today, and its all fine

anyonw know what the problem is?
Rob B
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steering rack tight ?
jr
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couple of bushes fucked
Robin
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didnt undo the rack, it feels like ball joints, maybe, but not sure, maybe the drive shafts arent in right still....
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lower arms or tie bars are probable causes.
myke
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torque steer?
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quote:
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torque steer?


i wish!!
Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa808
lower arms or tie bars are probable causes.


makes sense, we undid the lower arms to get the shafts out of the box, could they be loose? would that cause the symptoms?
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my corsa did this but cured itsself sure was ball joint though, rob when u let go of steering wheel does it pull quite badly one way enough to make u grab back on.........

torque steer is common on xe so u have to ignore it specially in wet lol
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no, it continues nice and straight when i let go of the wheel

i think i'm gonna cheack all the bolts this weekend and make sure they are tight
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track rod end maybe
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looked alright when i was doing the tracking earlier at work
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did you say you've had a look at bottom ball joints?

my track rod end was knackered, but it only had a little bit of movement in it.
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no, didnt look at the ball joints, we undid them and did them back up so this could well be the cause of the problem

i'll just go round everything connected to the steering wheel, directly or indirectly and double check the tightness of the bolts etc
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mine did this after i did curborough sprint track! it was all right hand cornering and it caused it to pull to the left after for some reason! i had everything done + checked and it still did it
Siberia
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does it handle shit ? make sure you tightened everything back up... i'd change the balljoints and trackrod ends to eliminate them...

hope to god you dont have problems like i have.... 2 suspension setups polybushes, wheel barings, top mounts, different wheels... car still handles like a bag of shit
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are you driving on the white lines?
Ojc
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My Nova done this, found that there was a bolt missing from the anti roll bar where it mounts to the cross member.
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Sounds like sloppy tie bar bushes. You got the old or new style bushes?
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mine did this after the conversion, i found the bolts through the bottom arm/antiroll bar etc were loose (even though i was sure id tightened them up. they even felt tight, but i needed a couple of washers in there as the thread was knackered
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quote:
Originally posted by RobHayes
mine did this after the conversion, i found the bolts through the bottom arm/antiroll bar etc were loose (even though i was sure id tightened them up. they even felt tight, but i needed a couple of washers in there as the thread was knackered


i shall check these, then you may also bee the saviour of the handling of my car

 
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