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 Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:13 pm |
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any update as i think this is hapning to my car also.
how would i chek if the spring is broken or not in place? i tried to move it by hand to see if there was any play (but the car was not jacked up) but nothing moved.
also my car gets moved by passing cars on motorway to bit wierd.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:57 am |
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This is the same problem I'm getting in my girlfriends car.
Has anyone got there's sorted?
The one thing I found that I thought was causing this was the bearing on the off side trailing arm had gone, but on replacing this I still getting the same issue and the replacement of the bearing made no real difference.
Next weekend I'm going to have a good look at all the suspension front and back to see if I can find anything that could be the cause of this issue.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:06 am |
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if there is mark on the stud there is little point to replace the bearing as it will just failed in no time
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:53 am |
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Yeah, that's true but I had already bought the bearings.
This is how bad it looked.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:34 pm |
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That is rather rusty which suggests water getting past the seals is to blame for the bearing damage.
My axle wasn't perfect on one side but doesn't show any sign of movement. Somewhat shinier than yours.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:42 pm |
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I had this pulling to one side randomly
It WAS my front bottom arm bush that had pulled out causing it to float around inside.
Replace both sides and then have the vehilce tracked. Should cure it
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:57 pm |
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| DeeTurbo wrote: |
Yeah, that's true but I had already bought the bearings.
This is how bad it looked.
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waste of time to put new bearings in
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:03 pm |
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| Edward wrote: |
That is rather rusty which suggests water getting past the seals is to blame for the bearing damage.
My axle wasn't perfect on one side but doesn't show any sign of movement. Somewhat shinier than yours.
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Ooh very shiny!
Yeah, The seal was ripped pretty bad. I should of checked and re-greased the other side while I was at it.
I'll do it this weekend when adjusting the rear.
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I had this pulling to one side randomly
It WAS my front bottom arm bush that had pulled out causing it to float around inside.
Replace both sides and then have the vehilce tracked. Should cure it |
The bushes in the wishbones didn't look to bad but I'll be stripping it all down next weekend to have a proper look and check the top mounts/bearing.
I should be lowering it too, come to think of it I might as well replace the wishbones and top mount bearings while I'm there for piece of mind.
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