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Car swaying/floating around on power #1494970
20/06/2014 20:10
20/06/2014 20:10
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As above, highly modded coop, good power and on the beans it sways/floats around, hard to keep it in a straight line.

Any ideas please?

Thanks.


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Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1494973
20/06/2014 20:32
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Tracking would be the first thing to check, along with tyre pressures, but my guess will be rear radius arm bearings

Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1494980
20/06/2014 21:18
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As above, but also check for a broken front spring. Made my old sprint blue feel very vague and floaty until I found out what it was.

Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1495069
21/06/2014 19:28
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How much camber are you running?

Too much camber will make the car pull from side to side under power as the contact patch changes on the front wheels.

Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1495112
22/06/2014 07:58
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Problem like this can be easily located from some who knows what to look for - wishbones, rack and it's balljoints, wheel misalignment, and so on.....just find the right guy for it...


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Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1495645
25/06/2014 16:50
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Then when everythings done, add a lower strut brace. smile

Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1496698
02/07/2014 21:49
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Cheers guys.

Where are people ordering quality parts from nowadays?


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Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1496703
02/07/2014 22:25
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Originally Posted by technics
As above, highly modded coop, good power and on the beans it sways/floats around, hard to keep it in a straight line.

Any ideas please?

Thanks.


When my wishbones were badly worn it was like the coupe was floating around in the road wink

Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1496716
02/07/2014 23:49
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Wishbone bushes will result in torque steer when you boot it too

Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1496717
02/07/2014 23:50
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Also check track rod ends

Re: Car swaying/floating around on power [Re: technics] #1496752
03/07/2014 08:03
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I'd go with track control arms. Usual symptoms are the car wandering one way under power and the other when you come off the throttle.
The rear bush is usually the culprit, it wears and allows the whole arm to move enough to literally steer the car one way or the other depending on the torque going through it.

The worst one I saw was on a pug 206 that I picked up cheap due to a "dangerous steering fault"
The track control rear bush was so worn that when you let go of the throttle the car lurched to the left requiring half a turn of the wheel to correct it. Terrifying road test that was.
Back at the workshop believe it or not. The offending bush was on a very recently replaced arm.
Which was why nobody could accurately diagnose it.
Even a big bar didn't reveal the movement.
Only when jacked up and put in fifth and given some beans on and off the throttle could you see the true extent of the failure.



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