troubleshooting suspention

[Skidder]

While autoxing I noticed that I could get lots of oversteer when turning left but never right... I originally thought maybe I toasted a bearing on the right side, or maybe a bushing was causing the back end to break loose.

Anyways I found no problems or play with any bearing or bushing at any of the corners... but I did notice that my newly installed FSB had an inch of movement, evident by looking at how the grease was distributed across the bar.

Would this cause the back end to kick out? Or should I keep searching for the culprit. Either way I'm heading out to get some clamps for that ****.

[method]

Whiteline has stops for FSB/RSB depending on your size.

Are you using stock endlinks?

[Skidder]

Yup stock endlinks in the front.

I'm just going to use a small bit of rubber and a hose clamp to stop the front bar from walking... its seems to do the trick from what I read on nasioc.

[Bu11dogg2]

his sttock endlinks would break before giving that much.

He needs stops.

[Skidder]

The endlinks seem to be intact... If the endlinks were to break, it would be obvious because the little ball joint would pull out of the socket; correct?

[Murphy2012]

Ya, could be a blown strut man, that or maybe one of the top hats are loose. Check that.

Also, what tires are you running? Could it just be a HUGE amount of roll on the tires? Is the rear end not rotating?

[Skidder]

When subie shocks go... do they piss shock fluid everywhere or do the valves just crap out? Because it hasn't pissed its fluid out (yet). Other than that the top hats seem tight and are in good condition.

The tires are crap all-seasons that do roll, but I keep them over inflated which does the trick.

The back end is rotating out at the apex when turning right... it actually rotates predictably and smoothly, if it wasn't so uncharacteristic of this car I wouldn't suspect anything was wrong.:lol:

[Murphy2012]

Overinflating doesnt do the trick that well. My car was oversteering like a ***** when I raced on my summer tires to be honest. And they are prolly more stiff than your all seasons. They usually will leak, but dont have to. I took out 2 mpryzas struts to do his springs, and two of them wouldnt even rebound even without a leak! They went back in, hope he has fixed by now!

[Bu11dogg2]

The endlinks seem to be intact... If the endlinks were to break, it would be obvious because the little ball joint would pull out of the socket; correct?


stock ones break at the joint, aftermarket tend to break at the adjustment point

[Skidder]

I really want some decent tires... Its just more money than I have to spend right now.

Thanks for all the information murph and bulldog, I can almost guarantee that some of my struts are toast. Which means the tires are going to wait even longer.:(