Technical Steering Problem

[Kirkers]

Hello all..

I am having a problem with the steering / handling on my 74 1300..

I had the problem a few weeks ago, when I was going around bends it felt like the wind blows the car to the side and I have to catch the car again with the steering wheel...

I just had the tracking checked and one of the wheels was out of line... the front left

However...

Now the car is a nightmare, its as if something is loose and the car twitches from side to side when I go around corners (sorry, its hard to explain)

The steering is very light until I make a sharpish turn, then the steering really kicks in and turns quite sharply... I hope this makes sense.

I have a problem going back to the tracking company as they don't speak English, and as you can tell I am having problems explaining it in English..

Any help would be gratefully appreciated..

A final note, the problem started after a friend was driving my car, and I have found out he was really throwing into corners!!!

 

[cha40]

Hi Rob, Get your Spanish Pals to check all the rubber bushes, as far as I know there all still original??

 

[Kirkers]

Hi Rob, Get your Spanish Pals to check all the rubber bushes, as far as I know there all still original??

Thanks mate..

I did email you directly about this by the way! You are a one man forum haha

 

[jimbro1000]

Make sure the tracking system is a true 3D arrangement. A standard (old) system won't pick up the correct positioning of the rear arms and in particular the alignment of the chassis.

Don't forget the dampers too - the problem you've described could be one of any number of individual faults (or all of them).

Any car over 10 years old could suffer this sort of thing but a car that is over 35 years old is almost guaranteed to need some replacement of the soft (rubber) parts.

 

[ppalma]

How did you check the tracking?
If you just check with one of those "drive through" systems that say that the car has moved x meters per km travelled you may be fooled into thinking that you have a steering problem when what you have is a braking problem. Check that the rear brake calipers are not binding before messing up the suspension alignment.