Steering... Very Light / Pulls / Twitchy

[eddystar]

Hi all,

Looking for some help. I have had my 02 car about a year now, recently had about 1,200 pounds spent fixing certain issues. However, my steering is still pulling, comes across light over bumps / corners and can pull when braking and accelerating hard.

I have had both rear and front bushes replaced, any other ideas why this is happening. I have just checked the tyre pressure and its now all equal....helped a little bit. (34psi)

Please help as I am wanting to convert to 210bhp but want this sorting 1st as it would be uncontrollable if I fitted the extra's now!!!

Appreciated

[DrainTheSpuds]

eddystar said:

my steering is still pulling, comes across light over bumps / corners and can pull when braking and accelerating hard.

Are you running runflats by any chance?

[eddystar]

yep...I have heard previously this can cause issues, but didn't believe that it would make such a difference...

Would this be the only reason for my steering problems?

[DrainTheSpuds]

Quite possibly. The characteristics you describe sound just like how my R53 used to behave before I put some normal tyres on it. The tramlining all over the road, pulling in all directions under braking and skipping over bumps were all cured at a stroke.

[gonzales]

I am assuming you have tyres that are the same tread type as well as at the correct pressures all around. i have found different tyres also increase/decrease the tramlining of the car. I used to run Dunlop Sports all around but got some Pirellis cheap a few months back. The dunlop's were much better than the Pirellis, the new ones find the tiniest pothole, tramline and drop into it.

BTW I am still running run flats on my R53 and find them to be alright.

[hyperblue]

gonzales said:

BTW I am still running run flats on my R53 and find them to be alright.

You are a mental

[RKDE]

The run flats seam fine until you remove away from them, then you realize how much better it handles with then out the equation.

It could be you bushes, they do fail quite quickly so worth checking them

[MJSTHYX]

I had the same on mine - made it a bh to drive, all over the place and I hated the little runt. And then I had new (Run flat) tyres and tracking done good and proper on a laser rig. Too much toe in was the cause, and not by much either...

Run flats are firm, but not the root cause of all evil.