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Is_it_fixed_yet
Newbie
Joined: May 26, 2003
Posts: 6
Location: uk
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Mon May 26, 2003 10:39 pm |
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Hi,
In the past week my 1985 urq has started to veer to the left with no warning at all .
There is no warning in the steering wheel that this is about to happen but seems to happen when going over any bump!!
I can cure it by putting the car through a full lock or braking hard, nothing wrong with the front bushes and the tracking is OK.
Any ideas??
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Craig
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Joined: Jan 22, 2003
Posts: 44
Location: Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland
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Tue May 27, 2003 3:04 pm |
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Possibly a worn tie rod or tie rod end?
Had a similar thing with my '85 90Q. After doing a journey from the Isle of Man to Plymouth then home to Scotland the tie rod end started to do something similar, eventually ending up coming adrift as I stopped in a car park to check it. It would slip on the tie rod putting the alignment out, then pop back in when you turned the other way, I stress that all this happened in less than a mile and I pulled off the dual carriageway at the nearest opportunity.
Just a possibility but get it checked in case. |
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SteveB
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Joined: Jan 21, 2003
Posts: 569
Location: West Berkshire
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Tue May 27, 2003 4:44 pm |
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Top mounting on the strut, Drive shaft, are the boots split ? engine/gearbox mounting, Fault in the steering rack. |
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Is_it_fixed_yet
Newbie
Joined: May 26, 2003
Posts: 6
Location: uk
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Tue May 27, 2003 5:25 pm |
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Thanks for the advice guys, got the car up on the ramps today to get it check out and had a look at the back end as well this time.
Turns out all the bushes are "totally" gone, if you give the back wheels a good thump the car looks like it's got 4 wheel steer.
Will get the bushes replaced and see if this cures the prob.
Thanks
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womble
Camped on the site
Joined: Jan 30, 2003
Posts: 383
Location: cardigan,west wales
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Wed May 28, 2003 10:37 pm |
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You say veer to the left,this sounds quite violent.I can see that worn bushes may make the car wonder or pullbut now veer. This sounds like something loose or a power steering fault.I had the front subframe work loose on my rally car which gave the same kind of handling problems which were worse under braking.worth a check. |
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Is_it_fixed_yet
Newbie
Joined: May 26, 2003
Posts: 6
Location: uk
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Thu May 29, 2003 9:51 pm |
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Will find out tomorrow as getting new trailing arms and bushes for the back.
Will let you know how it goes
Thanks
M |
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Is_it_fixed_yet
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Joined: May 26, 2003
Posts: 6
Location: uk
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Tue Jun 03, 2003 3:45 pm |
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Well thats the steering sorted, needed new tie rods on the back as well back no more wandering all over the road.
I am just off to book the car in for 4 wheel alignment and have just noticed (really ) that I'm running 55's on the back and 50's on the front.
Will this be buggering up the diffs? and will this affect the alignment when I get it done
Thanks
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Mikes2
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Joined: Jan 31, 2003
Posts: 9144
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Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:09 am |
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It won't do your diffs much good due to the different rolling radius. I would certainly recommend changing them. |
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