#1: Car pulling left after coilover Author: gpvecchi, Location: ItalyPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:24 pm ---- Any advice on this, please?
It happens after coilover install, just under acceleration; angles have been checked...
#2: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: Sim, Location: West CountryPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:36 pm ---- Check if your coilovers are adjusted equally for damping/rebound and height and are otherwise in good working order
#3: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: gpvecchi, Location: ItalyPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:32 pm ---- Lower arms are the major culprit in this cases, but mine are new and genuine...
#4: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: Sim, Location: West CountryPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:39 pm ---- In my case they were also newly fitted wishbones, I was sure they were fine, so went checking through all other possibilities that might contribute to the pulling.
If your ones are genuine, that list is still useful to find the real culprit.
It's all about forces that come in effect when torque is applied to the relevant suspension components, and the extent of that relevance.
#5: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: gpvecchi, Location: ItalyPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:59 pm ---- I never heard of wishbones consumption, what's the thing to check?
#6: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: Sim, Location: West CountryPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:04 pm ---- The two bushes of each wishbone that mount inside subframe.
Use a prybar to gently bend a wishbone up or down (when car is jacked up they are opening up nicely already on standard suspension height).
Check for tearing and general condition of rubber behind the metal ring (I assume you have the GTi wishbones)
#7: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: gpvecchi, Location: ItalyPosted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 2:18 pm ---- Thanks, sorry, my fault. I thought that "wishbones" were swivel pins, not lower arms (that are new)... My fault in translation...
#8: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: gazza82, Location: South BucksPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:01 pm ---- Check you have the GTI arms. If they have fitted standard arms the bushes will fail very quickly .. as will cheap, low quality arms.
#9: Re: Car pulling left after coilover Author: gpvecchi, Location: ItalyPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 8:39 pm ----
gazza82 wrote:
Check you have the GTI arms. If they have fitted standard arms the bushes will fail very quickly .. as will cheap, low quality arms.
Thanks, they are the GTi ones; but in effects I replaced a lot of them because of the GTi jointball...
Never had any issue with 1.6 gummy bushes.
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