SETI20

ok, basic car setup:
ED9 crx B18C4 H/I/E blah blah.

Under fairly hard accelleration, during shiftovers and during braking, the car is twitchy and swerves, mostly to the right.

I have a full energy suspension setup, replaced -all- my joints and upper contrl arms.
Had an alignment...still the same ******* problem.

Can it be my steering rack bushing causing this?
This **** is really pissing me off, and I just about ran out of things to replace.

Suck my DX

how did this start...did it start to react like this all of a sudden, was it gradual, did u hit something? jack up one side of the car and see if there is play in the wheel...

SiR Inspired ED7

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Check you Rear Crossmember Bolts... might be loose causing your steering to act up

Twilight

Yeah, i could suspect something like loose bolt or stuff. Maybe some joint broke a little. Just lift your car and look around. Nothing really can cause that all of a sudden.

xci_ed6

most likely front radius rod/strut rod bushings or nut tension.

that would cause a change in caster and toe under accel because of the forces of accel/decel on the LCA.

SETI20

Well..I think it evolved over time.
It's just alot more noticeable now that I have more power...

At first it just felt like my alignment was a bit out of whack. But now that that seems to be fine... I'm running out of ideas real fast.

So I thought of the steering rack bushing. I have that awful shuddering noise then I drive over a cobblestone road...
Can that be causing this?

drdisco69

What were the specs on the alignment? Just aligning it means adjusting the toe, not the caster or camber. There may still be something out of whack. Also as mentioned before, check radius rods and their busings. To check the steering rack, just wiggle the wheel back and forth while watching the rack, that should tell you something. A preload on a sway bar may also cause something like this. I assume all the tires are the same, and pointing in the right direction...

SETI20

I'm taking off the swaybar tomorrow, and putting it back on without load on it. Good one.
I'll also check the steering rack thing. Alignment was zeroed on the front, everything else was in spec.

All tires are the same...I even doubje checked the pressure just now. All of them 2.3Bar. (azenis)

I'm putting my money on the radius rods now.... I remember a while back hearing a clunking noise... during wheel hop.

Twilight

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Can that be causing this?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Can be, but i dont think so. Cuz my rack end bushing was gone very bad, and it kept very bad clunking. But it never affected to steering. Now i replaced it and steering didint change.

mike84 CRX-GTL

Bad Tie rod ends will make the steering jump around.

SETI20

I feel the need.....for a full race traction bar.

Anyone feel like donating one "for research purposes" ?

NikoZai

I always blame the alignment/toe/camber for that sort of thing.