GT crabbing

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:48 pm

hi, when im going round corners and the car hits bumps in the road it feels like its crabbing. the back bouces a bit and moves out. the car doesnt feel like its losing grip, it just feels a bit weird to me.
its lowered, wasnt sure if the shocks were knackered or some bushes have gone?
any help greatly appreciated
thanks

m193twa · Post by **m193twa** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:02 am

sounds to me like theres no travel in your shocks because there not absorbing the roll when you take a corner

metz · Post by **metz** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:19 am

The rear of my car used to bounce out a bit on bumpy roads, on lowering it yesterday we realised why...rear springs had snapped! same had happened to pettsy's too.

but as you have lowering spings already i doubt that will be your problem..If your using original shocks maybe theyre knackered.

steve_1990clmk2 · Post by **steve_1990clmk2** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:44 am

Give the car a bounce test. If the rear end bounces up past its normal resting position, its the shocks thats knackered. The same used to happen to me on roundabouts.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:40 pm

done the bounce test, seems as though it is bouncing a bit high, theres no clunking coming from anywhere, so it must be the rear shocks, i will look at buying some koni dampers or g-max.
any other ideas on why it is; tyre pressures etc?
its weird feels like the back end has separate steering in a way!!

metz · Post by **metz** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:56 pm

cousin used to have a mk1 escort like that but that was 2 cars welded 2gether

not trying to scare u at all lol

steve_1990clmk2 · Post by **steve_1990clmk2** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:21 pm

It might just be a case of taking for a free suspension check at a garage that does it. Check for leaking and make sure the springs are seated right. Anything other than that i leave to the experts.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 12:24 pm

the car has been hpi checked just before i bought it, was all clear. the car drives perfectly on the smooth goes in a straight line, its jus the bumps on corners, it has to be the shocks, get a nice set of g-max or koni's!!
its a good excuse to!!

steve_1990clmk2 · Post by **steve_1990clmk2** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:59 pm

it will feel like a different car with new shocks. I havent stopped smiling since i changed mine.

metz · Post by **metz** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:20 pm

just dont get em off euro car parts..been to price some up 2day and the only ones they do are Â£500+ and theyre not adjustable he says!

g-max are about Â£180 thats what i'll be buying.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:59 pm

as the car is already lowered, il just use those springs provided there ok with some spax dampers, which are quite reasonable part no. SPX-N2113-1 Â£44.99. not sure if that for a pair or for single dampers.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:48 am

bilstein gas pressure rear dampers Â£17.99 from euro car parts, there goin straight on and i got a dubweiser strut brace to try out as well.

shocks are gone at the minute, back left bottoms out over bumps

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