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    weaving/bad tramlining?

    Hiya, recently did a dwyb day, all went great bar some minor overheating,

    the next day however I noticed the car occasionally weaved quiote noticeably as if it was tramlining left then right?

    the suspension is old and very probably shagged, would this be the cause (i'm betting it is)

    anyone else had it happen?

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    Are you still rocking the same front tyres as you drifted on or have they been changed?

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    I had it happen when I had shagged ball joints at the front. It was most noticable after turning a corner when you straightened the wheel again, but it also tramlined over changes in road surface and on wide white lines.

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    Worn ball joints, suspension and bushes emphasizes tramlining along with tyre choice

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    Quote Originally Posted by arry View Post
    Are you still rocking the same front tyres as you drifted on or have they been changed?
    possibly :P well the fronts were on for about half the day and are still on now

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    Sounds like you've battered your tyres.

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    check your tyres..

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    i have 3 spare sets so I'll swap em and just use the old fronts at another drift day, cheers guys

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    Could be tracking ie wheels pointing outward

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    swapping the tyres sorted it, after the last day I had exact same issues again, pretty odd the way it causes it

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    holy thread bump,So it took you nearly a year to swap your wheels
    And I thought I was a slow worker lol

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    strange that, I'd be pretty pissed if that happened to me cos I only have one set of nice front tyres!

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    Mate just had something like this

    Front lower ball joints?

    Front lower arm bushes?

    Everything tight?

    Edit: Lol.. bit late!

    Ill remember what fixed it though, might be useful

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    my shocks on the rear were fubar'd and it cauised the car to skip across the road, weave, feel like a boat....

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    Quote Originally Posted by rich1988 View Post
    swapping the tyres sorted it, after the last day I had exact same issues again, pretty odd the way it causes it
    Nah not really, especially when peeps have been blatting around airstrips.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ANDY black s13 View Post
    holy thread bump,So it took you nearly a year to swap your wheels
    And I thought I was a slow worker lol
    nooooooooooooo I swapped the ones before straight after I posted this thread, but after going to another drift day it happened again :P

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