my car kinda shifts left and right, but my steering wheel remains in place when I take left turns only? really weird, when I was rebuilding my engine and had the front two tires off the ground, I shook everything to check it and everything seemed fine... would the rear suspension have anything to do w/ this? b/c that's the only thing I havent checked or even thought of?

ok after reading a crapload of posts I found when I was searchin, I found one w/ a similar but not exact problem. Terry told him to check the sway bar, but what exactly is the sway bar? Like what is the technical term for it? B/c there is no sway bar in my chiltons.. thanks

http://www.2gnt.com/CAPS/main33/main33sub0.html

Part 33-110

Here's a link to CAPS, it is also commonly reffered to as a stabilizer bar.

ok great thanks.. I knew there was another term for it other than sway bar... I'm guessing that would be the problem I'm having.. thanks

to test my sway bar (stabilizer bar) do I jack my car up and try moving it? b/c I'm pretty sure I tried when my car was jacked up and nothing moved anywhere, but I was just wondering if there were another test? thanks and is there a front and rear sway bar?

GS, GST, GSX, TSi have front and rear
RS, ESi have only front

I am not sure of any other tests though. I have never really heard of a swaybar itself going bad unless it is broken. If it doesnt move I would say to start looking at alternatives. I could be wrong because I am not a suspension expert by any means.

while u r checking the stabilizer bar, links, bushings. I will tell you my case of shifting. When my Right rear shock died ( I mean blew up the worst case, there was no resistance left in it) going highway speeds making left turns the car would have very weird shifting/dropping motion. The moral: check if your shocks are leaking/dead

great, yeah that makes sense.. I'm gonna check it out now thanks

when was th elast time you had an alignment done? if the toe is way outon one rear wheel, it can and will pull when turning.


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