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Offline Outy1812

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Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« on: 14 December 2011, 20:18 »
Was finally able to have a good drive of my new car today and I've noticed something strange. It seems like its steering from the rear on cornerIng. It's very subtle and something I initially thought could be a puncture or collapsed sidewall on a tyre, but the tyres all look great.

Am I just noticing something that all mk6's do, or should I be getting this looked at.

The roads were a bit greasy, but when I tried aggressive steering it felt really planted and stable. It's under normal driving that I get this  subtle strange float/rear steering effect. And not always, either.

Any thoughts,, clever people?
« Last Edit: 14 December 2011, 21:57 by Outy1812 »
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Offline mkviken

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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #1 on: 14 December 2011, 20:21 »
thats definitely not right

these should have moderate understeer as a base setting and not turn from the rear. i would get the geometry checked as something doesn't sound right there.
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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #2 on: 14 December 2011, 20:28 »
XDS?
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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #3 on: 14 December 2011, 21:12 »
Yeah possibly

On tight corners when your on he has the car pulls tighter when you would expect it to push wide but it doesn't feel like the back end is coming round to me. More that the front end is digging in.
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Offline mike.

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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #4 on: 14 December 2011, 21:16 »
What size of rims do you have?
I have noticed that with 17s, the rear seems to move more when doing quick direction changes.
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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #5 on: 14 December 2011, 21:56 »
Thanks for the replies gents.

Firstly, a 'noun tyre' is actually a 'puncture', but this bloody iPad auto corrected my crap typing badly!

I'm running on the 17's for now.

What is XDS?

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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #6 on: 15 December 2011, 08:47 »
Quote from: Outy1812 on 14 December 2011, 21:56


What is XDS?



It's VW speak for their version of a slippy diff.
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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #7 on: 15 December 2011, 08:49 »
Applys the brake to the inside wheel to stop it spinning and helps pull the car in tighter
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Offline Keithuk

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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #8 on: 15 December 2011, 11:01 »
Quote from: Outy1812 on 14 December 2011, 21:56
Firstly, a 'noun tyre' is actually a 'puncture',

What is XDS?

XDS

So didn't your TPMS warn of a deflation or don't you have that option?
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Re: Rear end float - and not the good kind. ;0)
« Reply #9 on: 15 December 2011, 11:05 »
He said he didn't have a puncture in his first post.

The "noun tyre" was a reference to his ipad spell checker.
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