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vl wont drive straight

Started by sam515 · 7 July 2011 · 6 replies

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sam515Archived member

07-07-11, 17:19 GMT+10#1

Hey My vl calais wont drive straight, if you let go of the steering wheel it goes all over the place, any ideas what the problem could be.

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RB26TTVLArchived member

07-07-11, 17:25 GMT+10#2

Get a wheel alignment.

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sam515Archived member

07-07-11, 17:40 GMT+10#3

Quote: Originally Posted by RB26TTVL [View Post] Get a wheel alignment. am plannning to, but its fine when driving over perfectly flat surfaces, where theres bumps it seems to jump all over the place.

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XCHASEArchived member

07-07-11, 18:54 GMT+10#4

Too low. Square edge cheap tyres or wheel alignment.

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Danglin97Archived member

07-07-11, 20:52 GMT+10#5

The nut behind the wheel!!!!

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MxPx VLArchived member

07-07-11, 22:05 GMT+10#6

Its called bump steer, your suspension geometry is wrong ---------- Post added 07-07-11 at 22:07 ---------- or as I just read could be 'roll steer' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_steer

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Psi_WagonArchived member

08-07-11, 19:30 GMT+10#7

have your ball joints and all front end bushes looked at aswell. you will notice its alot worse with bigger rims

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