car swerves under hard acceleration!? HELP!
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car swerves under hard acceleration!? HELP!
so when i get onto the free way or anything and i start getting on the gas, i start to feel the car weeve back and forth, forcing me to let off the gas. i really have no idea wat it could be, to give you some specifics, my car has 63xxx miles, stillen sways, 20" s-22's
if anyone has any ideas what it could be please shed some light... im going to get the car in the air and check for anything loose asap
if anyone has any ideas what it could be please shed some light... im going to get the car in the air and check for anything loose asap
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i have a feeling its my front sway bar, because thats the closest feeling i can relate it to... having no sway bars at all.
last night i went from a light full throttle, once im getting traction and start pulling it begins to slightly swerve, if i stay on the gas it will get more violent, but i can counter it with steering.. it feels like im steering some 6second drag car and cant stay in groove.. i gues its just that fast!
i should be getting my coilovers installed within the next few days, il be sure to figure out the problem when its in the air then
last night i went from a light full throttle, once im getting traction and start pulling it begins to slightly swerve, if i stay on the gas it will get more violent, but i can counter it with steering.. it feels like im steering some 6second drag car and cant stay in groove.. i gues its just that fast!
i should be getting my coilovers installed within the next few days, il be sure to figure out the problem when its in the air then
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my car isnt what i would like to call.. under ANY warranty.. mileage, year, modifications.. ya im past warranty in just about every way. and im not about to bend over for them when i can just replace parts with better than oem
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well i installed my coilovers tonight and i didnt see anything suspicous.. i gues the best i can hope for is that maybe a shock or spring went bad.. i cant drive the car til tomorow, i have to go get new lug nuts.. but otherwise i havent gotten any progress of the swerve.. il try to take some vids of it
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well i got to ride the new coilover setup.. feels good, but i still have the wobble.. but now its more precise... the only thing left it could be is this..
when i was under the front right side suspension, the ball joint on the control arm (front right side) was a bit loose feeling.. i didnt notice it by looks, i noticed it by when i went to tighten it back, it would spin in place. i simply squeezed the two parts together and tightened the bolt simeltaneously.. easy.
without thinking that, that might be the problem, i didnt inspect any further.. im really not sure how it would cause such a weird feeling in the drive. im driving down to palm beach performance Z tomorow hopefully.. but does anyone else see how just a bad ball joint could be the source of my swerves?
when i was under the front right side suspension, the ball joint on the control arm (front right side) was a bit loose feeling.. i didnt notice it by looks, i noticed it by when i went to tighten it back, it would spin in place. i simply squeezed the two parts together and tightened the bolt simeltaneously.. easy.
without thinking that, that might be the problem, i didnt inspect any further.. im really not sure how it would cause such a weird feeling in the drive. im driving down to palm beach performance Z tomorow hopefully.. but does anyone else see how just a bad ball joint could be the source of my swerves?
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