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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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Pulls to right under heavy braking

My car feels uneasy under heavy braking and swerves to right.

Any ideas?
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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Tighten your leaf spring U-Bolts, that helped on my friends REPU
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 09:12 PM
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Tighten your leaf spring U-Bolts, that helped on my friends REPU
Leaf springs? Not on any RX-7 I know about....
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by carsondriver
My car feels uneasy under heavy braking and swerves to right.

Any ideas?
What did you already rule out?
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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he didnt say what kinda car. so i didn't generalize
I'm a firm believer in ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.
Henceforth be more informative with your questions. Bling bling

check your rear bushings, try to move the wheel around with your hands. Loose suspension will do that
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 07:47 AM
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First thing to check is tire pressure, one may be low. Second thing to check is if a brake is sticky. Third thing to check is if the alignment is off.

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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 08:00 PM
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A couple of things that I found

Drivers side rear brake has a stripped out bolt on the caliper so is not tight. I'm replacing this and hope this is the problem. Would this make it swerve right or left?

Car is a '93 RX7

Tire pressure is good, allignment is good. Suspension mounts in front not in the best shape, left hand side has a broken off bolt.

That's all I could see, if that wasn't enough !.. anyway, does that shed any more light on things.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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Suspension mounts in front not in the best shape, left hand side has a broken off bolt.
That sounds supremely dangerous.

-Max
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 10:02 PM
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Update

Replaced front strut mounts with HKS pillow *****, replaced rear brake caliper (Thanks Fritz !), and noticed struts were not in great shape so put some Koni's all around... Car is perfect !.. rides great, doesn't pull on braking.

Thanks for all the advice.
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Node
I'm a firm believer in ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.
Henceforth be more informative with your questions. Bling bling
dude,
that's the funniest thing i've read all night!

thanks sincerely
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