handling problem

[morpheus]

hi people
am encountering great handling problem...i cant hold the car straight on road...the car moves from side to side even on .5 bar.....i dont think its torque steer....coz its scary the way it moves.
someone checked the suspension ,alll the bushes in lower ars are ok,the shocks are ok....doesnt really know what to do...
do you think guys that i should change all the lower arm bushings?
ummm perhaps it may be good visually ,but they have been weaken...

whats ur opinion?

cheers
stephan

 

[steve-gers]

Have you had your tracking checked recently?

 

[morpheus]

ya checked the trakin also

 

[steve-gers]

What about tyre pressures maybe a slow puncture on one side? What does the steering wheel do when you let go of it?

 

[morpheus]

no pressure checked ok...its not in the steering....the u just feel the car going to the left or right

 

[dark_knight]

steering rack

@ morpheus: have you checked your steering rack..? when parked with the engine off (no power steering assist), do you have much play when you wiggle the steering wheel left and right..? if all else is fine and dandy then it may boil down to that..

 

[dac69er]

i find some roads around here really bad for that. they are so badly rutted that the car just tramlines in and out of the ruts all the time. i even get it on my motorbike.

what are the roads like that you drive on?

 

[morpheus]

ok will check mate

@ morpheus: have you checked your steering rack..? when parked with the engine off (no power steering assist), do you have much play when you wiggle the steering wheel left and right..? if all else is fine and dandy then it may boil down to that..

 

[morpheus]

the road are shit here mate,,,but eve on a level road it does this

 

[steve-gers]

You checked wheel bearings and bottom ball joints?