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Meg RS250 handling issue



Fishfire

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 172
Not a clio, as i sold my 172 in favour of the Meg 250.

All been well until now...

So a long story short, my brembos jammed on and cooked a caliper and damaged the rubber on the ball joints.

I've replaced the wishbone, the top and bottom ball joints and abs cable with pattern parts.
The calipers have been refurbished and refitted with new discs and pads.

New genuine renault track rod arm fitted.

Brakes all bleed profesionally at the abs pump, so dramas there.

Tracking was all done yesterday at my local F1 auto centre.

The problems:

- the handling isnt quite right. Under acceleration it pulls to the left, and when you take your foot off the accelerator it pulls back to the right. Its not a big pull, but noticeable.

- the traction control is now overly sensitive, but only when turning left. Any hard turn left and the TC kicks in instantly, but not when turning hard right.

Before I start firing the parts cannon at it, is this likely down to the pattern parts?

I suspect I'll end up buying all genuine renault stuff and do it all again, but thought I'd get the thoughts of the collective first
 

Yosemite Sam

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
The wishbone that you’ve fitted, did you measure it up to see if it’s exactly the same as the OE one?
My mums old MR2 had the same issue (pulling left on acceleration and darting right when you let off) because it had one Non gen suspension arm and one genuine.
 

Fishfire

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 172
Yeah, i had the old one off and laid one on top of the other just to make sure.

I'll double check everything as it does fit the symptoms of a loose wishbone
 


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