Mike-evans Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Car wanders terrible, and steering is sometimes snappy.... Checked bottom arms tonight, and prying between subframe and bottom arm, and theres a lot of up and down movement on both bushes on each arm.... Does that mean they are knackered? Is any up and down movement normal? Dissapointed if so, as they are gen Ford arms 12 months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 there should be a degree of movement on ford arms but generally they should be quite stiff (almost unyeilding if your just waggling the arm with your hand), usually take the use of a good pry bar to shift em about really noticably. is your motor lowered at all, uprated struts or springs? any and all amounts of reasons can account for lower arm munching in 12 monthes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 When I had 17s on my gti I found it tramlines, when I switched back to mondys it was perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-evans Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Car is lowered ~35mm on coilovers. I used a bar approx 18" in length and pryed between subframe and underside of bottom arms. There was notible up and down movement..... Tramlining is a good description, it does seem to follow ruts in the road. I do have a set of 16s I could put on there to try out and see if it resolves it. Very annoying. Not sure if I need to replace the bottom arms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Car wanders terrible, and steering is sometimes snappy.... Checked bottom arms tonight, and prying between subframe and bottom arm, and theres a lot of up and down movement on both bushes on each arm.... Does that mean they are knackered? Is any up and down movement normal? Dissapointed if so, as they are gen Ford arms 12 months old. Yes, that means they're knackered. Obviously. It's not really Fords problem. It's a pitfall of running a car so low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-evans Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes, that means they're knackered. Obviously. It's not really Fords problem. It's a pitfall of running a car so low. Wasn't sure if up and down movement was OK, but not left to right movement.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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