just bought a mk5 escort for runnabout when you go through 1st 2nd or 3rd and let go off the throttle the car pulls right over to the left badly when you put foot back down it goes back to right?

 

track rod end

mine does it when you accelerate it pulls to the left and when you let off it comes back over to the right



Sarah

 

lower arm bushes worn

 

if its a mk5 escort it would be the wish bones ther only Ł20 new each and that will replace all the ball joint in one go

 

have you tried to keep the steering wheel straight,,,,,,, thats the first thing i would check as when xrt-si used to complain about torque steer in his fiesta we discovered if he stopped jerking the wheel left and right that it reduced torque steer by 95%

 

btw thats the CORRECT answer by a man who knows his onions

 

Ginge !

 

youll probly notice increased tyre were tot he inner wall and inner of the tyre

 

mate if he can read that he wont need to ask the question

 

check to see if you have mismatched crappy cheng shing special tyres.

I had rear wheel steer from an old e30 from having a flippin mankey old remoulds, i changed them for new rubber and car drove in straight line....

Sounds like ends or bushes though..

 

Bushes/joints .
tabetha

 

My mate had this on his mk5 and was told it was the inner CV?

 

 

also could be fooked gearbox mount

 

both wishbones go replaced 2 years ago but i suppose like all thing depends on milage its done since

 

...and if the bushes used in the replaced wishbones were of shit quality!!! I managed to rip a spurious wishbone bush in a years worth of driving in my Bora!!!

 

just had this on a MK6, pulled to the right, replaced wishbones on both sides (did not look worn until removed.

Job done

 

ive just got 2 wishbones so ill change them tonight

 

Good luck mate
i got a garage to do mine

 

easy job only a few bolts.

 

i done my mk6 ones and they were a peice of piss surely there the same

 

Its play somewhere in the suspension or steering, but TBH it could be multiple things.

Could even be the shell is torn and moving about!

 

I only had a trolley jack @ the time so didnt want to chance it

 

same i think.