Hi Errol, I checked this over the weekend - actually they are approaching horizontal (about 6deg down). This suprises me, because my car isnt all that low (350mm wheel centre to guard height), and I believe I have an early xmember?!
Is about 6 degrees down a typical control arm angle with an early xmember at my ride height? Thanks Andrew On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, E Smith wrote: > Andrew have you checked the lower control arm angles are not to close to > horizontal? > > Cheers, > Feral Errol > <http://www.datrats.com.au/> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew > Greenbury > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 3:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
