Polo unsettled at speed

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:11 am

I dont know if anyone else has this problem, but I find when ever im going relativley fast over a slightly uneven road (pretty much every road around here), the car feels very unsettled and I keep having to make steering corrections....

And also when I come up to lights and brake gently the steering wheel gently flops to the left by about 5 degrees even though the car keeps going in a straight line....

I have been along these roads much faster in a focus and never had this unsettled feeling...

Im guessing that the two above problems are related, and that something has failed....But not sure what...

Anyone else get either of those issues?

Its quite tempting to systematically replace every single bush, balljoint and rod end with upgraded versions to see if that improves things....But that would cost a fair bit!

Its just a pain, its really making me think about getting rid of the car because its just so weird driving it at the moment....I dont feel connected to the road..

MaxZ · Post by **MaxZ** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:24 am

Have you had your camber/tracking checked. Even on standard suspension, it's bound to change over time.

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:26 pm

Had the tracking checked, and its bang on...

Havnt checked the camber...im struggling to find a local company who can set it up properly...

GeeTeeI · Post by **GeeTeeI** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:41 pm

Mines the same but just a very small fish in a big ocean of problems with my car, so I haven't done anything about it yet.

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:13 pm

mine does this aswell, think it is something to do with the Rear ARB, think it is cracked? was an advisory on an MOT

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:53 pm

Polo doesnt have a rear ARB m8....

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:04 pm

sorry i read it wrong, my offside ARB link my bad

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:40 pm

Maybe a buckled wheel

Mike_M · Post by **Mike_M** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:52 pm

Some bushes may be worn.

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:39 pm

Unlikley to be a buckled wheel...that would show up more as a vibration...

I suspect I have a worn bushing somewhere.....just a question of finding it...

bbspolo · Post by **bbspolo** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:15 pm

check your wheel bearing !
May sound an odd thing 2 be but ive had loads of polos come in feeling unsetteld and half the time its one of the rear wheel bearings!