Rear-end wanders at speed Help please

oscargarza88 · 03-09-2015, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSS138

Your initial Toe settings were pretty horrible, I am not clear if you were having the problem with the initial toe settings or on the final toe settings. Your front camber although not bad, could be a lot tighter than -1.3 and -1.8 on the final.

Toe settings will definitely make the car "dartier".

I would try 0 toe in the rear.
back some rear camber out to about -1.1
and get both front wheels to -1.8

Also: Rear sway setting?

With the initial toe setting was indeed very bad. That was right after I installed the camber arm so it was all out of wack. I drove the car with the initial settings to the alignment shop and it quite horrible. And now that you mention it it was doing th same effect I am talking about but way way exaggerated to the point I was only able to go 40mph.
After the alignment it felt good but really only get the effect I'm talking about in the rain. Today was pouring rain and the car handled worse than ever, coudnt go past 45 mph without it feeling unsafe.
Another way to explain is pulling sled on ice with a rope. The sled will wander around as you pull.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Yuras

Two things:
1: The rear end alignment needs to be squared with the front end. Sometimes the rear wheels can be aligned square with each other, but not square with the front. This can create "dog walking", which can give this feeling.
2: you may have a blown bushing on your lower control arms or elsewhere within the suspension unit that appears visually ok, but when load hits it, it shifts.

I know the exact feeling you're talking about and it's very scary.

The guy said there was no camber adjustment for the front so he didn't even attempt to match them better. The front feels solid though. I van tell it'd definitely coming from the back

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Yuras

One other thing could be (I know this sounds dumb)...you didn't tighten down the lug nuts 100%

Yes. Just cause you bring it up I'll check them again in the am. Also the spacers while I'm at it.

I'm looking into replacing th tires on Wednesday and will report back with effects if I get around to it.

Thanjs for all the feedback!

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