whats wrong with my suspension
03-13-2010, 01:21 PM
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whats wrong with my suspension I have a 99 trans am ws6 with 92000 miles on it. when i pull to a intersection to make a turn (usually on the right) my steering wheel will turn all the way to the right without me turning it, it keeps pulling hard to the left and right and I have a vibration in my steering wheel. my tires are good as well as the pressure. Anyone have any clues on what it may be?
03-16-2010, 12:19 PM
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they said everything looks good and tight. they said it may be my rack and pinion. i got an alighnment and it didn't fix anything it still veers off to the left and right
03-16-2010, 04:33 PM
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Take this with a grain of salt since I've never had a rack and pinion go bad on me, but if everything is tight I could see that being the issue possibly. Maybe I'm just not thinking of something but if everything looks good I am not sure what would be more likely. Sorry I don't have any real info but hardly anybody else seems to be putting any ideas fourth so just thought I'd think out loud a little 
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03-17-2010, 01:44 PM
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Wide tires + road crowns = wheel walk at slower speeds.
Try the same sped turn in a big, FLAT parking lot and see if it does it. If not, I suspect it's the crappy roads. I never had a car roam the lanes as much as this car does....275s in the front for me. I just got it aligned 2 weeks ago and everything looked good, inluding tie rod ends, so I'm 99% sure it's the road and tire combo.
03-17-2010, 08:57 PM
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ive had rack bushing go bad on my other car and it did something similar, try lookin under it with a friend in the car turning the wheel, cause most of the time shops dont know dick, or unless the wheel bearing is goin bad and grabbing a little on right turns
03-20-2010, 05:40 PM
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i replaced the rack and it drove well on the regular roads, i'm going to test drive it later to see if it drives good on the highway. Has anyone ever installed the SLP Subframe connectors? I got mine second hand and don't have the instructions to do it. Is there a tutorial some where on here? I tried searching for it but can't find it anywhere
