Unstable at speed

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Jak
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Unstable at speed

Post by Jak » 25 Mar 2013 10:58 pm

Right my 360 loon, starts driving all over the place at like anything above 50 quite vilently, though it was axle tramp checked the bolts and they are all tight just searching for some ideas before I burn the car

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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by jon-ovlov » 25 Mar 2013 11:12 pm

How are the bushes on both the anit tramp bar and leaf springs? Spring seat bolts all ok?
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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by Evoman » 25 Mar 2013 11:16 pm

Check all bolts at the back, wheel bearing collapsed? wheels balenced? axle bent? did you do any damage when you smashed that wheel?
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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by Rubenv340 » 25 Mar 2013 11:24 pm

Sorry for hijacking.

What is the feeling if you have a bad wheel bearing? Front or rear.

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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by Jak » 25 Mar 2013 11:28 pm

The smashed wheels was the front, replaced all the lowering block bolts with new ones, anti bar bushes seem fine so do the leaf spring bushes. Going to rip the front apart and see what I can find tomoro

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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by classicswede » 25 Mar 2013 11:31 pm

From experiance I would always look at the front end first. Most rear end issue hardly show up other then when near the limit.

Check for even the faintest amount of play in the front suspension. Rember you will need to have the wheels off teh ground to check or the weight of the car will hold things in place.
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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by Jak » 25 Mar 2013 11:43 pm

That's the plan for tomoro DAi

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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by Speedy88 » 26 Mar 2013 08:53 am

My money would be on radius arm bushes
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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by Ride_on » 28 Mar 2013 10:08 pm

Sounds like something bent on one side, wheels not aligned but also something else. Check the position and direction of all the wheels. Sounds bad enough to be visible.
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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by Jak » 30 Mar 2013 11:24 pm

Replaced all the bushes with Poly bushes. And rebuild a front shock that was leaking. Seems to be fixxed know

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Re: Unstable at speed

Post by classicswede » 31 Mar 2013 12:04 am

There we go :D
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