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Way to test the rear stear?

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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 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.
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 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
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 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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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 10:35 AM
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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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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 01:46 AM
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What rx7's have 4 wheel steering? the FC?
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 01:50 AM
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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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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 02:05 AM
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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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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 02:12 AM
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I wish my car suffered from oversteer....
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 02:14 AM
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Needs to look up DTSS.
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