You bring up a good point. I hadn't thought that anything might be loose, but
I can certainly see how that could be possible. I'm going to zero up the toe
and camber by replacing the stock clevis bolts. If it still pulls such, then
I'll crawl up under there and start retorqueing the control arm bolts and the
strut tower nuts.
Thanks for the idea!
Ken in OKC
'01 PT Cruiser Limited
STS 101
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From: Iain Mannix [mailto:mannix@rmsolo.org]
Sent: Thu 1/29/2004 5:49 PM
To: Adamson, Ken
Cc: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Funny handling
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Adamson, Ken wrote:
>
> Ok, that being said, here's what I have going on - hopefully some
suspension/chassis wizzes out there will have an idea of what I should
check.... When I accelerate, the car will pull to the left. When I lift off,
it pulls to the right. Under purposeful braking, it tracks pretty much
straight after adjusting for the right pull. I don't think it's torque-steer,
since this happens at very low throttle levels and under the slightest
throttle lift.
Hi Ken - honestly, it does not sound to me that the alignment is
an issue - IMHO, if the car is that sensitive to toe, it'd pull
left OR right under acceleration/deceleration.
I'd put money on the p-side control arm being loose - when you accelerate,
the wheel tries to drive out from under the car, but it can't -
for some reason, there's slop on the P-side, and the front right
wheel effectively toes _in_ a lot, making the car pull left.
Brake, the opposite happens, car pulls right.
I've had control arm bolts come loose on Rabbits occasionally,
and that's _exactly_ what they do - step on gas, the loose wheel
toes in a LOT - | ^^^ \ - car pulls left.
Step on brake - | ^^^ / - car pulls right.
.02, worth what it is printed on, etc etc etc, but I'm guessing
something is loose - something has to be moving around.
I'd also bet that 0 toe won't make much difference; it might pull
harder left under acceleration, not quite as hard right under
deceleration, etc, but IMHO, something is moving around.
Good luck!
Iain
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