I am having a problem with all my hard right turns. If I remember correctly, I began having this problem after I installed my Progress rear sway bar. What happens is, when I make a medium to hard right turn, the rear of my suspension starts to skip and sputter resulting in a very choppy, and unsmooth turn. I can however, take my left turns as hard as I want to with no skipping at all.
I was told by my mechanic that it was a lower control arm that was the problem. I replaced them on both sides, but the problem still persisted. Then I thought that it might be the Progress rear sway bar because when I am "three wheeling" my car while entering drive ways into parking lots, the right rear lifts up incredibly high when make a RIGHT turn onto a drive way. On the other hand, when I make a LEFT turn onto a drive way, the left rear does not lift even remotely as high as the right rear when I turn RIGHT onto the drive way.
I figured it was because of uneven preload on the bar. I thought that when I make a right turn, the car would roll to the left causing the right rear to lift up and sputter or skip. I just adjusted the bar and eliminated as much preload as I could. It helped a little bit, but I still have the problem. I do have a lot more oversteer though. I am on TEIN FLEX coilovers set at the factory set ride height. I did notice that the left rear was a little lower than the right.
Could it be the suspension height settings? It seems like something more than minor imperfections to my suspension would cause the sputtering. I have played around with dampness settings as well with no luck.
Also, I think it is important to mention that my left rear tire is much more worn out than my right rear. This could be because the tire sees less wear when the right rear skips during a turn, constnatly losing and regaining traction whereas the left rear tire sees no skipping action.
So for months, I have had this extremely annoying problem with skipping in the rear suspension during RIGHT turns only. Does anybody have any idea what it could be? Any input is much appreciated.
Did you have your car in for a 4 wheel alignment? If you did supension work, wheels, camber kit. You will need to have them straight. Could be some of the problem. Do you have a tower bar in the back? If so that may be doing it.
On the progress sway bar, is their a stiff or normal setting? I know on some depending which holes you use will determine the ride. Just my thoughts.
I think it may be a blown shock/shocks. When I make a right turn on this ones street, the rear bounces up and down a few times where as I used to be able to do it smoothly.
Does revalving a shock fix a blown shock? Is revalving the same as rebuilding?
Originally posted by bboyskillet I think it may be a blown shock/shocks. When I make a right turn on this ones street, the rear bounces up and down a few times where as I used to be able to do it smoothly.
Does revalving a shock fix a blown shock? Is revalving the same as rebuilding?
Check for other parts of the suspension that are not securely bolted in. I would also check the shock tower bolts at the top of the right rear suspension point. Check for any part of the suspension that has scrape marks or unusual wear.
The next step if I were you is to recheck your alignment. That might be the next suspicous point. I would also check to see if anything is binding when the left rear suspension is under full load. You can test this by putting the left rear of the car up on jackstands, and put the jack under the hub. Jack the jack all the way up until the suspension bottoms out. Check and see if there is any unusual suspension interference.
Thanks, I talked to Tein and they said if your shock is blown, you will undoubtedly have oil leaking from the top of the shock body where piston is. So I can eliminate that possibility. I have a pretty good feeling its the alignment then. I checked the other suspension components and they all seem to be secure tight.
Which part of the tire is wore more than the other tire (inside, outside, entire tire)? Any pictures?
Have you had the car up on jacks to see if that tire is spins smoothly without any weight on it? When you jack it up does the left rear tire spin the same (or close) to the same rate as the right?
soudns like my problem i had when i bought some stock shocks from a PO member..
turned out the shock was blown due to not having enough oil..
check the oil in the shock....
- Danny
Haha, thanks Brian...I'm looking into the camber kit.
The inner right rear tire is much less worn than the inner left rear tire. I checked for oil leaks on the shock. Everything seems to be fine. Also, when I let go of the steering wheel on a smooth surface, the car does not lean to one side or another. The guy at Tein said it could be an alighment or my sway bar. I still can't figure this out.
I will also check to see if both wheels spin at even rates. It seems that after adjusting the preload on the sway, my right turns have improved a lot. I still have skipping, but I was unable to completely eliminate preload because my car was lowered too much and the endlinks were too short.
Hey Jimmy were u able to get this all figured out. My car is acting similarly only that the problems are the left turns. Right turns are solid as hell. Left turns seem very loose and sometimes feels like it's just gonna spin. I have Koni Yellows with GC coilovers and Suspension Techniques sway bars..
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