Hi Errol, Really 6degrees isnt that bad?? As I mentioned in another post I have 15x5.5in TRX rims with their backspace of 118mm, so its sounding like they may be compounding the issue :(
Andrew > Andrew, > Thats not bad and bump is unlikely to be the cause of the problem then. > Check rim offsets and tyre diameter are not too far from stock specs > > 25-30mm offset? or diameter significantly increased. Casn you try a set of > stock rims and see if the problem goes away? > > Cheers, > Feral Errol > <http://www.datrats.com.au/> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of GREENBURY, > Andrew Robert > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: car darting around a bit... > > > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
