My car wonders left and right on the road, almost feeling like the tracking is being knocked out with different cambers of the road. I have replaced inner tie rods, track rod ends and 3 different mechanics have told me my ball joints are fine, my tyre has outer wear although it has been tracked. What could this be? Feels unstable to drive at high speeds and quite unsafe in terms of steering.
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Unstable steering at speed
- Thread starter iamjoel
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charltjr
ClioSport Club Member
What are your toe and camber settings? Is the car lowered as if it's had a big drop this could be bump steer.
What tyres are you running and are they the same on both sides of the axle?
Any play in the wheels, e.g. Worn bearings?
What tyres are you running and are they the same on both sides of the axle?
Any play in the wheels, e.g. Worn bearings?
charltjr
ClioSport Club Member
Could also be a knackered shock. Problem is it could be tons of things but there's a list to start with 
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Tyre pressures ok?
i've now changed the track rod ends, tie rods, steering rack bushes and my ball joints have no play and it still does it. It feels like there is more resistance to turn right than to turn left and when you do a sweeping right hander it clicks out of position and turns more, there is also a knocking noise going over bumps, this is really doing my head in, i cant find the problem!!!
charltjr
ClioSport Club Member
Shock top mounts shot? Broken spring? Leaking steering rack/low PAS fluid? Is the car lowered as if it's been massively dropped it could be bump steer. If you bounce test the car can you track the knocking noise down to one corner?
Have you had the geometry checked? I know you said it's been tracked but a full geo check might be a good idea if if's none of the above. A check is usually free.
Have you had the geometry checked? I know you said it's been tracked but a full geo check might be a good idea if if's none of the above. A check is usually free.
Clio 172, Escort RST
If the tracking was out before and now it is OK there is a chance that the tyres have worn to the old geometry settings which will make driving the car interesting.
If it were me I would get the car's tracking checked and change the tyres. The bodge would be to switch the tyres front to back to see if the issue goes away, but I personally would not like unevenly worn tyres on the rear of a hot hatch for a long period of time.
If it were me I would get the car's tracking checked and change the tyres. The bodge would be to switch the tyres front to back to see if the issue goes away, but I personally would not like unevenly worn tyres on the rear of a hot hatch for a long period of time.
Clio 182 Titanium
glad you fixed it joel! I'm having similar issues and the car is just plain dangerous to drive now. putting new wishbones/ball joints on it this weekend, fingers crossed!
yeah mate was proper fucked, had a very good mechanic drive it and he was shocked how fucked it was, I ended up replacing everything but at least its all fresh now! Let me know what happens mate, if the ball joints fix it for you too
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