Suspension Rebuilt suspension - has some side to side pull at high speed
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Rebuilt suspension - has some side to side pull at high speed
Hey everyone,
I recently rebuilt my '03 MCS. I put in a Quaife LSD, and replaced the LCA's with powerflex, inner ball joints, 27mm front sway, new end links front and rear. I left the shocks (no damage to the top hats), outer ball joints (neither the inner or outer looked bad - i just knew how hard it was to pull the inners without the subframe dropped) and had a local Midas fix the alignment, but they were unable to give me a print out of the change in suspension numbers. On occasion, with the 17 inch wheels, I'd have to hold the steering wheel to prevent it from tracking to the left, and then other times i'd have no issues at all. Now with my snow tires, when I'm WOT in 3rd to 4th gear on the highway, I'll get some serious pulling left to right. Reading lots of threads on this, it seems it could be a loose ball joint, possible alignment problem, or maybe its my LSD locking up and pulling me left to right ( i had that issue in the rain hitting the center line when at WOT). It could be the camber of the road too, i guess. I'll check the tightness of the bolts, but i know that i tightened all the bolts with a torque wrench when i installed the suspension. Any insight?
I recently rebuilt my '03 MCS. I put in a Quaife LSD, and replaced the LCA's with powerflex, inner ball joints, 27mm front sway, new end links front and rear. I left the shocks (no damage to the top hats), outer ball joints (neither the inner or outer looked bad - i just knew how hard it was to pull the inners without the subframe dropped) and had a local Midas fix the alignment, but they were unable to give me a print out of the change in suspension numbers. On occasion, with the 17 inch wheels, I'd have to hold the steering wheel to prevent it from tracking to the left, and then other times i'd have no issues at all. Now with my snow tires, when I'm WOT in 3rd to 4th gear on the highway, I'll get some serious pulling left to right. Reading lots of threads on this, it seems it could be a loose ball joint, possible alignment problem, or maybe its my LSD locking up and pulling me left to right ( i had that issue in the rain hitting the center line when at WOT). It could be the camber of the road too, i guess. I'll check the tightness of the bolts, but i know that i tightened all the bolts with a torque wrench when i installed the suspension. Any insight?
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