Rear sway

Silly Rabbit · 05-07-2016, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Jhill

I would not be taking it to any wheel works, Firestone, pronouns etc. those places typically employ low level techs and tire changers. The guy not even knowing what bump steer is should be your first sign you are at the wrong place. Those places are set up to do mass production of quick alignment on Oem spec vehicles and tires. Not what you need or want with all the mods to the suspension you did. You need to find yourself a shop that sets up those kind of cars, talk to the guys at the track if any are around you and they will most likely know a shop that is more familiar with that type of work, probably does a lot of porches and those types of cars so pricing will reflect that but having it done right the first time is worth the price rather than dealing with armatures.

I agree with you on this. When I went back for my appointment, they were actually really good to work with. The manager had his "best guy" come out to talk to me about the issues and then he did a full alignment. They let me come out and talk with the tech while he was working. They did not have any way to check bump steer, just ran through the whole alignment again. The tech was telling me that the system they were using isn't the greatest, saying you could get it all dialed in, drive the car around the building and get different numbers. They have a better rack, but my car is too low to fit.

Anyway, he was able to get the rear camber to 1.7 and slight neg toe. Not much he could do with the front, but did have to adjust both sides. Oddly,the right side was much more out than the left. I have a feeling the last tech probably should stick to oil changes and tire rotations. With the new settings, the car feels better. It was just a short 15 mile drive home but I had a chance to take to back roads and have some fun and the car felt better.

I was able to get a good look at the area where the exhaust runs through the rear sway bar. Both side are very close to the bar. Since I don't think the sway bar is the problem, I am going to leave the bar in. I'll get under the car this weekend and adjust the exhaust so that it isn't rubbing on the sway bar.

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