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Old 03-30-2011, 07:19 AM
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Default rear sways a little to much!

My car likes to sway to the left under heavy acceleration and turning. I have an adjustable panhead bar. The busings on that are fine. I checked the rear control arms and their bushings are fine too. Any ideas on what else my cars the rear to sway.
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If your rear tires are the wrong size (too tall) that can give you the impression of driving on jello,
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Did you check your swaybar endlinks?
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Ok lets get a little more definite on the description..,...

Is it....

1: "swaying" like the entire rearend of the car is moving to the left.

2: "swaying" like the body is rolling to the left.

3: is your rear squating a lot under the heavy accel?

4: when your make a fast left turn does the back of the car seem to lift up or squat?
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I think he means fish-tailing..
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Tooo much powa!!
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a bigger sway bar should help...
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Your description is somewhat vague.

I have seen a broken gear carrier cause "sway" under load. It sheared right off at the carrier bearing and would walk out under load causing a rear toe change and steering effect. Car drove perfect otherwise and busted carrier was barely visible until the bearing caps were taken off.



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