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Offline danmusic24

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swaying
« on: 13 June 2013, 19:22 »
having a bit of bother with my 16v..
jamex coilovers fitted
new mounts all round when i done the job
took it for tracking and told cant track due to wishbones bushes shot
replaced complete wishbones both sides new bushes
rear beam bushes about 4 months ago

feels like the car is swaying left to right on front and rear
and pulls hard over if you go over slight pot hole(on front)

any ideas?????? :smiley:

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Re: swaying
« Reply #1 on: 13 June 2013, 19:45 »
Sounds too low and if it aint it sounds like rear bushes.  Funny enough.

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Re: swaying
« Reply #2 on: 13 June 2013, 20:18 »
If its very low it will handle like sh1t.

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Re: swaying
« Reply #3 on: 13 June 2013, 21:17 »
Ive always found when really low power steering becomes harder therefor less likely to sway?

Still handled like crap  :grin:
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Re: swaying
« Reply #4 on: 13 June 2013, 22:35 »
Ball joints?, when you replaced wishbones, did you get new ball joints?

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Re: swaying
« Reply #5 on: 14 June 2013, 10:20 »
also if it's low all the alignment will be out and simple tracking will not sort it properly... find somehwere that does proper 4 wheel alignment (inc camber, which you can adjust using the bottom ball joints)
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Re: swaying
« Reply #6 on: 14 June 2013, 18:58 »
car aint sat to low its about a inch gap between arch and tyre,the wishbones come complete with new bushes pressed in.
rear beam bushes i got from gsf? im thinking that thats the only thing that could make back end of car sway? no other items on back of car that could cause problems?
what i did notice is when fitting jamex shocks to rear it was not a tight fit where shock fits into lower fixing point? you could almost slide a washer in..

have not had tracking done yet,so could that be a major factor?

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Re: swaying
« Reply #7 on: 14 June 2013, 21:34 »
What about the ball joints? Did you replace them?

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Re: swaying
« Reply #8 on: 15 June 2013, 01:59 »
What about the ball joints? Did you replace them?


What part of new wishbones do you not understand  :grin:

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Re: swaying
« Reply #9 on: 15 June 2013, 12:13 »

What part of new wishbones do you not understand  :grin:

ball joints are usually sold separate to the wishbones (I know febi's sell just the wishbone and the kit).. also if they have being changed the camber/caster will all be well out
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