Tez162003 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 bloody car is more hassle than its worth sometimes! right problem is between 40 and 50mph the car quite violently shakes side to side really quickly, but after 50 its fine, i have coilovers and just recently changed the bottom arms. anyone got any ideas what to do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 did you bother tightening the arms after you put em on? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 This may sound like a silly question, but did it do it before you changed the arms etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez162003 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 no it didnt, and yes i did tighten them, thats why i said i had recently changed them? dunno why it is doing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 ok ok sorry serious head on now........ only experience Ive had with a problem even remotely similiar to the one you describe all came down to a slight difference in how the arms sat when they were replaced, cant recall exactly what it was but something had wedged itself into somewhere it shouldnt be when the arms was offered up and tightened. It resulted in the arm on one side being a tiny nats dick in length out from the oppersite side, and that only really showed up because the lad who owned the car had spent weeks tightening and padding out the cars interior with sound and vibration proof foam two weeks prior to the arms bein changed and therefore instantly heard the tiny vibration difference when he drove the car afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 DIY from hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_van_man Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 tracking needs doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez162003 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 do you think it could be anything to do with the new arms just being a motor factors make rather than fords own? DIY from hell! what do you mean by that? tracking needs doing would new lower arms knock the tracking out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_gwa Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 It could knock your tracking out. When I did mine, it threw the tracking right out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 have the tracking checked anyway, its allways worth doing after fuckin about with anything that even remotely effects its components, I changed a CV boot a couple of weeks back and though it shouldnt effect the tracking if done with care (ergo not hammering the trackrod end out of the bush with a f'in lump hammer like most) it still threw mine out a smidge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez162003 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 could be, one of the bottom arms didnt wanna come out, it involved some hammering, so that could have knocked it out, what sorta places can i get the tracking done at? last time i went to get it done, the garage said they couldnt do it as the car was too low? any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madxrcabby Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 could be, one of the bottom arms didnt wanna come out, it involved some hammering, so that could have knocked it out, what sorta places can i get the tracking done at? last time i went to get it done, the garage said they couldnt do it as the car was too low? any ideas? any tire place should do it , take the bumper of at the garage that said it's too low , problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez162003 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 i really dont wanna take my bumper off! it takes forever to do on mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escort boy Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 You need to sort your tracking out it sounds like If you wana save some cash then you should do anything else that would mess the tracking up before you have your tracking done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmetallica Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 have you had your wheels balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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