hi, just sold my runabout to my mate its an mk4 xr3i, the thing is that he picked me up in it today and noticed when we went over a bump the rear of the car skipped across the road!, looked at the rear passengers side wheel and its pointing in towards the car looking from the back of the car, not cambering, but not straight in line with car body.

the wheel isnt buckled coz the drum is pointing in aswell, havent really played about with the rear drums/suspension on a mk4 before not even on my s2 so any ideas what it could be? there isnt anything loose and theres nothing knocking!,

think he could of hit it from underneath on a speed bump but he cant remember, cant i just smack it with a sledge hammer ti straighten it up for him?

 

no i think the bushes are finished either on the tie rod ends or the rear wishbones

 

Sounds like as above tie bar bushes this is what me old mans one did then fcuking tie bar broke in half when i had it nearlly hit a wall as it shot across road when i went over a bump

 

right cheers boys ill have a look for him seems its my old car!,

jon = engine done yet?

 

you can re arrange the washers on the back of these or modify them for threads
probably some accident damage

 

nope still not its all im waiting for now as done all rest to car.........

 

he charged me 400 quid with balancing the whole lot and lighting of the fly wheel make sure u dont get ripped of, but i got him to buy the bearings.

 

bent tie bar -quite common. U can usually bend down and see it.

 

sounds like bushes to me m8 swap them to deflex ones i had a similar thing with mine one side would catch the arch when loaded the other was a good 1/2 inch clear of the arch lip
put the bushes on now they both catch when fully loaded nice and balanced...................great