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?
#29005, "RE: weird shifting on left turns only???" In response to Reply # 0
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
#29008, "how to test sway bar?" In response to Reply # 3 Mar-22-06 05:03 PM by 420Adebt
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?
#29009, "RE: how to test sway bar?" In response to Reply # 4
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.
#29018, "RE: how to test sway bar?" In response to Reply # 5
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
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