Pull to the right - Play in something
26-09-2009, 09:19 AM
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Pull to the right - Play in something
My RS seems to pull to the right during hard acceleration, and if up on the ramp and you grab the front right wheel it has some play in something. I presumed both are connected?
26-09-2009, 09:50 AM
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any idea where the plays coming from? sounds like either lower suspension arm bushes/ball joint or track rod end/rack... more than likey the ball joint though
26-09-2009, 10:02 AM
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26-09-2009, 10:16 AM
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26-09-2009, 10:34 AM
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I'd be looking at the tca ball joint first, these may pull anyway due to torque steer to a certain extent.
26-09-2009, 02:21 PM
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Yea, my old one torque steered but it was running more power. This is fairly standard. Ill check the ARB is tight then the tca's
28-09-2009, 09:32 PM
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Had a closer look today, its seems there is movememnt in the ball joint on the end of the tca.
29-09-2009, 07:56 AM
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Roosie in his xr2 track car managed to do a few races with a knackered ball joint!!
29-09-2009, 08:14 AM
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When changing the tca ball joint can you just count turns to take off and re-apply new part counting the turns on? Is this suffice?
04-10-2009, 08:36 AM
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Roosie in his xr2 track car managed to do a few races with a knackered ball joint!!
Dont i know it oulton park had a knackered ball joint on warm up lap lost a good second a lap but still managed to hold it off and finish 5th
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Hiya Roosie,
04-10-2009, 02:48 PM
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Track rod end would be the first thing I would check.
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26-09-2009, 09:19 AM
Pull to the right - Play in something
