Strange thing started happening recently, its a 67 series 1 fulvia, recently restored. When I have a hard acceleration and then lift of abruptly the car darts to the right, have checked brakes etc and nothing is sticking, this only occurs on hard acceleration, if car has been travelling at fairly contanst rate and low revs <3000 and I lift of the accelerator gradually it does not do this.
Does anyone have any thoughts on where to go next to solve this?
Thanks
Car darts to right
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Huib Geurink
Re: Car darts to right
This usually is caused by play on one of the components determining the wheel geometry. Since the car darts to the right when lifting the accelerator the problem is most probably to the right of the steering box. If you have a LHD car, this could be central track rod ends, track rod ends, steering idler box, top or bottom suspension ball joint, bushes of lower wishbone.
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tim
Re: Car darts to right
Hi all especially Huib!
I have just finally recommissiond my 1600 Sport (RHD) after a full body rebuild and brake/suspension overhaul which included fitting HF front wishbones for neg camber set up.
Car drives lovely and really flies with really precise steering and very stable at high speed (for legal reasons I cant say how high, but high!).
However, at high speed on lift off (taking foot off accelerator to brake) the car tends to want to go left. I found that it was quite easy to compensate for this, but meant that when I reaccelerated the car went right due to this "bias". I would like ideas as to what this may be due to?
I will be bring the car (subject to it not letting me down on route), with my wife to the Belguim/Dutch meeting next week. I doubt I can fix anything by then but please give me your thoughts on the matter.
Tim
I have just finally recommissiond my 1600 Sport (RHD) after a full body rebuild and brake/suspension overhaul which included fitting HF front wishbones for neg camber set up.
Car drives lovely and really flies with really precise steering and very stable at high speed (for legal reasons I cant say how high, but high!).
However, at high speed on lift off (taking foot off accelerator to brake) the car tends to want to go left. I found that it was quite easy to compensate for this, but meant that when I reaccelerated the car went right due to this "bias". I would like ideas as to what this may be due to?
I will be bring the car (subject to it not letting me down on route), with my wife to the Belguim/Dutch meeting next week. I doubt I can fix anything by then but please give me your thoughts on the matter.
Tim
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Huib Geurink
Re: Car darts to right
One of the track rod ends or the ball joints of the central track rod or the steering idler box or the bushes of the lower wishbone or in extreme cases one of the suspension ball joints.
Usually it is easy to feel / see if you let someone wobble the steering wheel.
If it is one of the steering ball joints and if you still have the original ones they usually fail quickly one after each other once you start driving the car after a long period of inactivity.
Usually it is easy to feel / see if you let someone wobble the steering wheel.
If it is one of the steering ball joints and if you still have the original ones they usually fail quickly one after each other once you start driving the car after a long period of inactivity.