fd757

I have a '95 with a lot of miles on it. Took it for a road trip from Oregon to Idaho and Utah and back. It started doing something weird. When ever you accelerate hard it pulls a little to the left, then you let off the accelerator and wham, it goes to the right hard. It is easily corrected, but very unsafe. Took it in and had the power steering flushed, checked all of the joint with the A arm etc... The mechanic thought it might be a transmission problem. Went to two transmission shops and they told me that they have never heard such a thing with transmissions. So here I am again asking, begging, pleading for help. Motor mounts???
Clueless in Oregon

usurped

Nothing to do with tranny. You've got a worn mount(s) or suspension parts. Accelerate and engine/trans torques and pulls you left. Decel it settles and pulls you right.

fd757

Motor mounts? If so is it hard to do it yourself? I dread taking it to a shop for how old of car it is, but it is my transportation right now. Thank you for the quick reply.

loudmaxi

Im literally doing all 5 mounts right now at 172000. Its a pain in the rear if u dont do oem bc they dont all fit perfectly. But its do able. Alot of finesse

loudmaxi

Why i said 5 mounts idk lol. Only 4 dont get freaked out when u dont c a 5th.

komik

Check the tie rods. My mom had my Max for a few weeks once and told me it pulled funny when you let off the gas and went the other way when you accelerated. I found a cotter pin missing on the passenger side tie rod end. This had allowed the bolt to back off, but not come off completely... yet.

DennisMik

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My vote is for rotted bushings on the passenger side LCA from the power steering hose leaking on it.

fd757

Thank you everyone for you assistance. It was a lower A arm bushing gone bad. Fixed it and it works great.

max ride 41

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same problem i got, bought a new lca years ago and had it sitting in my storage until i found it again. free parts that you forget about, woot!!