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I put his on an earlier thread but it is buiried so have started a new one!

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

typically this type of torque steer means that one (or more) of the steering rod bushings (either the outer track rods or the center link) needs to be replaced.

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.

Diagnosed a worn steering idler 3-4 mm lateral play on n/s wheel.

Luckily I hada refurbished idler so spent a hot Sunday switching them and re doing the tracking Which had a toe out of c 6mm when I fitted the un worn idler - before I readjusted!

I suspect the idler was original and had done 195,000 miles on this chassis!!! I had previously checked all ball joints and rechecked today but only wear was the idler.

I will refurb the worn idler ready for the next time.