kosienutter

something else that gone p**sing wrong with my cossie

as above my front left wheel occasionally wobbles and pulls to the left on my cossie 4x4.

my boss recons its the tracking rod or something, is this correct and is it diy repairable as i imagine its something that just needs tightening up.

tabetha

If a track rod end were bad enough to do this it would do it all the time.
You would also have extreme tyre wear, if it feels like it is wobbling it will most likely do it at a certain speed worse than any other, could just be wheels need balancing, check front and rear.
A wobble is caused by something out of balance and rotating, so anything that does this can cause it.
So also check if needed the driveshaft is not bent, even a touch, there is no serious amount of runout on the disc, even an out of balance disc can do it, though new ones should be balanced when made, if needed.
Look also for loose wheel bearings.
tabetha

mk2rstaff

mine started doing it badly when the brake caliper started binding, but does not do it when its not, maybe that is the cause to

kosienutter

what is caliper binding?

kosienutter

i had the car track checked when i had two new front tyres put on and the front brake discs and pads are 2 months old.
does this help, does this narrow things down a bit

IANS2RST

iTrader: (1)

check the anti rol bar to track control arm bush

mk2rstaff

it means when you brake one of the pistons or more in the brake caliper dont release the brakes and stick on, this causing everything to hold back when you floor it, thus causing wheel wobble, when it does it again get out and check the heat of the brakes by spitting on them mate, hope this helps

kosienutter

i not too long ago painted my callipers and did get a tiny bit of the paint on the pad near the calliper will be looking when i next go to my car.
would look now but my car is in scotland and im down in plymouth for a bit of leave

cheers for the help will reply if its sorted

mk2rstaff

what you in mate, navy or raf

kosienutter

navy. submarine sonar operator, you?

mk2rstaff

army petroleum operator mate

kosienutter

happy days.
nice car by the way wanted one of those but got diverted to my 4x4.
costing me a fortune ha ha
soz got to go missus want us time

bugger

captiva

If it is a 4x4 I had the same problem and it was a broken engine mount but it was not apparent until you jacked the engine up

kosienutter

think i found the problem.

i took the wheel of and found the inside part of the disc is extremelly worn on that side which has p***ed me off a lot as the disc and pads were replaced only in november with 4000 miles on them.

getting new ones again on friday

hope this solves it

mk2rstaff

check the pistons and sliders mate, it must be doing that for a reason, is it on both sides or just one

kosienutter

the left one is fooked and the right one has a slight amount on it

did try removing the calliper but i need to be superman to remove the nuts

mk2rstaff

persist mate or it will happen all over again, just try and take the sliders off then mate, no need to take the whole caliper of just the bit the outside edge sits on two 13 mil bolts at the back iirc

davcos

Hi mate

My 3door was at the very same thing more so when you were going round corners hard the wheel use to nearly jump out of my hands its a track control arm bud !

Regards

Dave.

3drzetec

mine does the same. the tca bushes are shot on mine. hope this helps.

kosienutter

i had the old girlon the ramps and the garrage said they rebuilt the front end ie diff and arms drive shafts 2 years ago.

any way they put her in gear in the air and got the wheels turning and told me to put my fingers on the inside of the calliper and when i did this the calliper was knocking like a mother f***er so its some thing to do with the brakes i am ordering either ebc discs with red stuff pads or the black diamond grooved and drilled discs with black diamond pads which ones are the best out the 2

reply soon as im ordering them on monday or tuesday many many thanks for the help guys will update when sorted hopefuly

mk2rstaff

it will be a warped disc then mate, i would go for the black diamond myself, the esc cos has a problem with warping discs too, i used to get mine skimmed, its the design of the caliper that pulls more on one side, i used to get it on mine all the time

kosienutter

got ebc brakes discs grooved and drilled and yellow stuff pads the thing is the prob is still there

the garage who fitted them took her for a run and said after taking apart a few things they say the tranfsr box or c/diff is gone