I had a similar problem with my ET
turned out to be after I'd got a wheel alignment done for some reason they'd
taken a ball joint out and not done it back up properly...tightened it up
and problem fixed
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Greenbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:42 PM
Subject: car darting around a bit...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> My car seems to want to wander around a bit and pull to one side
> or the other on anything but smooth roads. Its especially noticable
> on roads where grooves in the tarmac have formed under the
> wheels (eg at traffic lights). It doesnt just pull to the one side all the
> time, so its not a misalignment in one steering component.
>
> The archives note this can be a symptom of shot toe control rod
> bushes ('donuts'). I did the test described - grabbing the wheel at 9
> and 3 oclock and there is no noticable movement whatsoever.
>
> I have nolathane donut bushes, standard TC rods, 240K struts with
> the calipers behind the hub, tie rod ends, idler arm etc all replaced.
>
> Any ideas what it could be causing the car to want to track with
> the gradient of the road? Could the TC rods be torqued incorrectly,
> so the donuts are incorrectly compressed???????
>
> Sorry for the long post,
> Andrew
>
>
>
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