dog tailing s13

[psherg]

My buddy was driving behind me and said it looked like many car was swerving around when i hit bumps and we concluded many rear driver side axle is bent. On bumpy roads the back end does feel squirrely, any suggestions?

[zerodameaon]

If something is bent replace it, seems straight forward to me.

[Wookie384]

Definitely sounds like your suspension/arms are bent, and not your axle.

[DJ 21o3]

Get it in the air and check for bars that should be straight, but arn't.

[nenji01]

blown shocks

[fliprayzin240sx]

Fucked up alignment? Whens the last time the damn car got aligned?

[KiLLeR2001]

Rear alignment.

[KevinEdgar]

Definitely alignment, especially if you installed new arms.


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[Driftwire]

title def threw me off this early in the morning. :picardfp:

+1 Alignment.

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[psherg]

okay that makes sense, because i just put in adjustable RUCA's and toe rods, i don't think they were adjusted but kept to the stock spec. and i got an alignment shortly after. i know my front passenger side shock is on it's way out, but yeah i'm gonna try to look at her when she's raised up.
thank you for the help people. i really appreciate it

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[Driftwire]

Keep posted and update when fixed incase someone has this question. lol

[psherg]

i will, i intend on going to the shop i got my alignment done at and have them realign the rear. if that doesn't take care of it, then i gotta see if my RUCAs or Toe Rods were adjusted some. I will go back to the shop for alignment this week

[psherg]

Okay; so i went back to the shop where i got my alignment done at- they realigned it, adjusted the toe rods, and now she runs great. however, she shakes at about 45 mph. i JUST bought brand new tires and put em on, i'm sure they're properly balanced, but i think my steering rack bushing might be the issue? whaddaya guys say

[Wookie384]

Okay; so i went back to the shop where i got my alignment done at- they realigned it, adjusted the toe rods, and now she runs great. however, she shakes at about 45 mph. i JUST bought brand new tires and put em on, i'm sure they're properly balanced, but i think my steering rack bushing might be the issue? whaddaya guys say


I doubt it's related to the steering rack bushings. If the steering wheel shakes relative to speed, then something related to the wheels are out of balance (wheels, tires, or possible the wheels lugs) and in some cases the tires are that shitty that it causes that, even if the wheels are balanced. My moms Odyssey was driving me nuts with a similar issue till I got fed up and put new tires on the car and magically the issue was fixed. lol

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[finalresort]

Were the tires road balanced or were they balanced on a regular machine? That can make a difference even if the tires are balance correctly if you really want to eliminate the shake they have to be road balanced..

[future]

Had the same problem, after three alignments and tire balances I finally did it myself on a road balancer.....no more problems

[psherg]

OKAY- i finally got the issue resolved. after the car was realigned, i took it back to discount tire co, got the tires balanced once again. (the dude at the shop said "they were balanced before but we went ahead and rebalanced them") after they did; theres a day and night difference in how she drives. no more bumpiness, doesn't feel like it's about to kick out when i hit a little bump. when i drive over a sewer at 10 mph doesn't shake.
but i am putting on steering rack bushings and end links soon- :)

[psherg]

the problems over now. but i got my tie rods done, then got the car aligned. then got new tires put on. then aligned it again. then got the tires balanced. she's good now

[mechanicalmoron]

blown shocks

Troof.

Blown rear shocks make the rear end buck crazily when provoked by certain types of bumps.

I can't believe you need your friend to tell you, at high speed it's fucking terrifying, the driver SHOULD realize something's off.

Bounce the back of the car by hand, if it keeps on bounching after you let go (instead of just returning to it's normal height on the first bounce, or bounce and a half) you have blown dampers ("shocks").

Your axle is NOT bent. Even if it was, it wouldn't do that, at ALL. If the wheel looks fine normally parked, but moved a lot as you went over bumps or around corners, your friend was watching your camber change, because your rear suspension travels a lot more than it should, and a lot more rapidly than it should, because of your blown dampers. Suspension travel changes camber, quite a lot actually.

[psherg]

wow just saw this-
when i first got the car i did the "bounce" test and the rear checked out. When i got the car aligned the frist time the drivers side rear wheel had a stupid amount of toe in, and negative camber whereas the other was at stock spec. After the realignment, i got the tires balanced and everything was smooth