Steering behaving strangely.

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CBA
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Steering behaving strangely.

Post by CBA » 19 Jul 2011 05:26 am

When I drive over a hump or mound in the road it tends to dictate the direction of the car,
EG when the front suspension is clearing the mound on one side the car will drive away from the mound,

put simply, when the two left wheels clear half a speedbump and the right wheels are on flat ground the car will pull quite hard to the right - opposite of what I expect - any idea why it would do this.. my other 300 on the same road went pretty much straight with no pulling.

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Re: Steering behaving strangely.

Post by Chris_C » 19 Jul 2011 08:19 am

I'd guess knackered front end bushes, jack the front up and look at those on the wishbone and control arm. Do your wheels look spot on central in the arch when parked? That's a good giveaway.
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Re: Steering behaving strangely.

Post by CBA » 19 Jul 2011 10:50 am

Ok, I'll have a good look later.

I could have checked all this out but best to have a bit of a pointer first :wink: , coz I'm lazy.

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Re: Steering behaving strangely.

Post by CBA » 07 Aug 2011 09:05 pm

sussed it out, OS radius arm bush is loose.

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