Help please

[dazza1976]

Im hoping someone maybe able to help me coming home from work tonight stopped at the lights when i pulled away i heard a knock from the back and since then if i drive straight it ok but when i turn don't matter what way or how fast of slow im going the car fills like the wheel is going to full off the back of the car shakes just rolling it does it as well anyone got any ideas??

[InverCerb]

It does sound like you may have broken a suspension component.

You may get more of a response if you check your spelling and grammar so the reader doesn't have to try and decode what you're attempting to descibe

[Byker28i]

I think the first thing to do is to jack the rear of the car and see if you can move the wheel about. The remove the wheel and see if anything looks amiss.


Note: Only jack on the corner points - don't jack on the bodywork or middle of the chassis.

[Extra 300 Driver]

dazza1976 said:

Im hoping someone maybe able to help me coming home from work tonight stopped at the lights when i pulled away i heard a knock from the back and since then if i drive straight it ok but when i turn don't matter what way or how fast of slow im going the car fills like the wheel is going to full off the back of the car shakes just rolling it does it as well anyone got any ideas??

Sounds loke your diff has locked up, not good.

The reason the car feels odd going around corners is the wheels need to turn at different speeds, and the inside one will be skidding about at the moment.

Get it booked in a get someone to take a look at it, but I wouldnt drive it, as this could cause more damage.

[Duke Thrust]

Byker28i said:

Note: Only jack on the corner points - don't jack on the bodywork or middle of the chassis.

Wotcha,

Why's that? Not saying you're wrong at all, interested to know.

(Body work is clear, but why not the centre rails?)

Edited by Duke Thrust on Wednesday 13th June 09:27

[methodwares]

maybe he means not one center rail at a time. i jack from the the center rails using a nice solid 2x4 to make sure i jack the car evenly. i place the wood across the last bolts on the undertray... never had any weird creaking or groaning, well, except from me trying to get some decent leverage on the not so big jack i use... really need to get a decent one.

[Byker28i]

I think this explains it best. It's the points of strength

[Ireland]

Back to the original question .....

When the anti-roll bar drop-links broke on mine it resulted in a "clunk" at the back when the metal bits hit off each other and the back of the car was all over the place.

These are easy enough to spot as they hang down quiet a bit.

Worth a look.

[julian64]

Byker28i said:

I think this explains it best. It's the points of strength

The centre rail is far stonger than the outside jacking points indicated on your diagram in a ladder frame chassis.

I think they indicate where they do because of the easy of getting to them. If you have a method of jacking the centre section, apart from the obvious side to side instability, I think it would be equally as good if not stronger.