Need help diagnosing this "rubbing" feeling
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Need help diagnosing this "rubbing" feeling My car is not lowered. It has 18 x 8.5 rims on the front and 18 x 10 on the back. If I'm driving straight, the wheels pointed dead ahead it's as smooth as glass. If I turn it ever so slightly out of the straight line in either direction I get a weird rubbing or frictional type feeling. The car doesn't pull if I let go of the steering wheel while having the wheels pointed straight ahead. I turned the wheel lock to lock and watched under the car and nothing appears to be rubbing or hitting anything. I'm really confused. Thanks.
Re: Need help diagnosing this "rubbing" feeling Look and see if your bolt in your steering shaft is rubbing against your headers. Mine was and would feel weird. I ground down the bolt head and now it is fine. It would really happen when I would just be giving it a little gas while making a left from a stop.
Re: Need help diagnosing this "rubbing" feeling It could also be a chewed up C-clip if you still have the stock rear-end. Front wheel bearings in these cars rarely go out, but rear wheel bearings do. You will have to pull the brakes and the C-clips (inside differential) then pull the axle shafts to get to them.
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Re: Need help diagnosing this "rubbing" feeling No C-clips on my Moser. I still have this rub. I wonder if it is the front tires? They guy Tony got them from had the tires worn on the very outsides of the tires only. I wondering if the front end isn't aligned very well? However, an alignment shop told me I wouldn't get these symptoms even if the car was out of line : <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
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