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Old 02-15-04, 02:27 AM
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Way to test the rear stear?

Is there a way to test the rear stearing of the car? I searched and came up with nothing.
Old 02-15-04, 06:47 AM
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I toss it into a turn and pull the rear as if to do a slight rear-end slide. The car FEELS like its sliding but the tires stay dead quiet cuz they aint actually loosing traction.

Kinda scared me the first time I did that. Now I realize it takes a whole lot more then that to unglue this car from the road.

I ASSUME thats what it is, otherwise my car is just weird like that :-p
Old 02-15-04, 09:32 AM
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Mine does that, its wacked. The car oversteers very very badly, very very easily. Its not the tires either, I have excesive camber also.
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When the rubber in the oem bushings give way, you will have side to side play in the rear tire, it feels like bad rear wheel bearings, except there is no top to bottom play like rear wheel bearings, you will also notice quirky handling in wet conditions, as the rear toe will change constantly as the hub moves around on the bad bushing... You can buy the rear stear eliminator kit, mazda does not sell just the bushing, I made new bushings by just turning down a set of leaf spring bushings that had the same bole ID size and cutting them to length, the rear steer still works with that..Max
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What rx7's have 4 wheel steering? the FC?
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yes all... its passive
you could get the car to slide pretty good if you turn the opposite way then turn it the other way kinda fast....
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Originally Posted by RedSeven80
What rx7's have 4 wheel steering? the FC?
where have you been? rear toe-steer
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I wish my car suffered from oversteer....
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Needs to look up DTSS.
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