FD Pulling right on acceleration
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FD Pulling right on acceleration
My FD is pulling right when I accelerate(nose up), and left when I brake(nose down).
I am looking for suggestions on where to look.
I have been refreshing the suspension this summer, here is what was already done:
6 pillow ball bushings
2 jimlab trailing arm busings
2 rear wheel bearings
2 front upper spring mounts (rears appeared fine)
4 eibach pro kit springs
4 new tires
1 alignment per Pettit's long track recomendations
The suspension appeared solid when doing the alignment, no wiggle.
Possible suspects:
1) bent/cracked sway bar mounts : had shop doing alignment take a look at front suspension, they said everything looked ok... Could a crack be small enough to miss easily?
2) shocks : these are stock touring shocks. If say one is bad, would you get wierd steering input on acc/dec? They appeared ok(push down on car test...), but could they still be bad? I'm wondering about the front left shock...
3) diff bushings : shifter moves around a bit(motor mounts were ok as of last year when reman put in), so maybe this? Would it cause this kind of pulling?
4) .... anything else?
thanks.
I am looking for suggestions on where to look.
I have been refreshing the suspension this summer, here is what was already done:
6 pillow ball bushings
2 jimlab trailing arm busings
2 rear wheel bearings
2 front upper spring mounts (rears appeared fine)
4 eibach pro kit springs
4 new tires
1 alignment per Pettit's long track recomendations
The suspension appeared solid when doing the alignment, no wiggle.
Possible suspects:
1) bent/cracked sway bar mounts : had shop doing alignment take a look at front suspension, they said everything looked ok... Could a crack be small enough to miss easily?
2) shocks : these are stock touring shocks. If say one is bad, would you get wierd steering input on acc/dec? They appeared ok(push down on car test...), but could they still be bad? I'm wondering about the front left shock...
3) diff bushings : shifter moves around a bit(motor mounts were ok as of last year when reman put in), so maybe this? Would it cause this kind of pulling?
4) .... anything else?
thanks.
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Thanks for the ideas.
Yeah, the tire pressure occured to me too, and I checked and double checked it, so ruled that out.
Gonna jack it up tomorrow and inspect things(ppf, front bushings), and if I still can't find anything I'll probably try having them remount/balance the tires.
I'll update the results, and if anyone else has an idea, chime in.
Yeah, the tire pressure occured to me too, and I checked and double checked it, so ruled that out.
Gonna jack it up tomorrow and inspect things(ppf, front bushings), and if I still can't find anything I'll probably try having them remount/balance the tires.
I'll update the results, and if anyone else has an idea, chime in.
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