Sami
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- '97 Lexcen Wagon
Hi guys,
My VR's got some serious front-end suspension problems and we can't figure out what's causing it all.
Struts, towers, shocks and springs are all in a really bad state but I'm not going to replace it all because the car's being traded soon so it's not worth it.
Basically I need to know what exactly needs to be done to just make it drive straight. The 'symptoms' are:
- For ages the steering wheel had to be turned almost 45 degrees to the left in order to drive straight
- Then yesterday the wheel was sort of all of a sudden tilted to the right (but not as bad) but pulled really hard to the right and took a bit of effort to keep straight.
- And in general there are all sorts of thuds and clunks and groans from the front end when turning full lock.
So has anyone experienced this or know what the problem might be? It's been looked at by a few suspension people who each tell me its something different. As I said, I am aware the whole front-end suspension set up could do with a freshen up, but I'm hoping to narrow it down to replacing one or two things just to get it driving straight.
Please let me know if anyone has any ideas!!!!
Sami
My VR's got some serious front-end suspension problems and we can't figure out what's causing it all.
Struts, towers, shocks and springs are all in a really bad state but I'm not going to replace it all because the car's being traded soon so it's not worth it.
Basically I need to know what exactly needs to be done to just make it drive straight. The 'symptoms' are:
- For ages the steering wheel had to be turned almost 45 degrees to the left in order to drive straight
- Then yesterday the wheel was sort of all of a sudden tilted to the right (but not as bad) but pulled really hard to the right and took a bit of effort to keep straight.
- And in general there are all sorts of thuds and clunks and groans from the front end when turning full lock.
So has anyone experienced this or know what the problem might be? It's been looked at by a few suspension people who each tell me its something different. As I said, I am aware the whole front-end suspension set up could do with a freshen up, but I'm hoping to narrow it down to replacing one or two things just to get it driving straight.
Please let me know if anyone has any ideas!!!!
Sami