Rear end loose or wheel hop?
#1
Rear end loose or wheel hop?
This might be a little long sorry. I get off track somtimes
Today I was coming home and was getting off the highway doing about 110. As I am coming down the exit ramp I am slowing down. So I know the car is pitching forward as is. Well the back end seems to get VERY floaty on me. The ground was not the smoothest, but it was not horrible. There were filled in potholes everywhere. Anyway I let off the brake so the rear end could attempt to get some weight back on it. I was very surprised by this. If I was not paying attention I might have made a big error here.
I have ebiach springs all around. I have kyb agx's all around. They are set to 3 in the front and 3 in the back. I also have 2 12's and amps in the trunk. So I have a little more weight back there then stock.
The only thing that I know is wrong with my suspenison. The arm that connects the rear alxe to the frame has 2 bushings at the attaching points, the lower bushing is almost gone. And the upper bushing could use replacement.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, this part helps the rear end in lateral movement.
I am curious to see if anybody else has had this problem.
So my question is was my rear end slidding side to side to much because these bushings are worn?? or was this due to wheel hop??
I am replaceing these bushings ASAP. But I was just curious if anybody else might have had a simialr problem with setting the agx's to hard and wheel hop being the result.
Thanks
bags
Today I was coming home and was getting off the highway doing about 110. As I am coming down the exit ramp I am slowing down. So I know the car is pitching forward as is. Well the back end seems to get VERY floaty on me. The ground was not the smoothest, but it was not horrible. There were filled in potholes everywhere. Anyway I let off the brake so the rear end could attempt to get some weight back on it. I was very surprised by this. If I was not paying attention I might have made a big error here.
I have ebiach springs all around. I have kyb agx's all around. They are set to 3 in the front and 3 in the back. I also have 2 12's and amps in the trunk. So I have a little more weight back there then stock.
The only thing that I know is wrong with my suspenison. The arm that connects the rear alxe to the frame has 2 bushings at the attaching points, the lower bushing is almost gone. And the upper bushing could use replacement.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, this part helps the rear end in lateral movement.
I am curious to see if anybody else has had this problem.
So my question is was my rear end slidding side to side to much because these bushings are worn?? or was this due to wheel hop??
I am replaceing these bushings ASAP. But I was just curious if anybody else might have had a simialr problem with setting the agx's to hard and wheel hop being the result.
Thanks
bags
#2
Today I was coming home and was getting off the highway doing about 110.
Are the KYBs new? I noticed a lot of lateral movement/floatiness when my dealership installed rear shocks incorrectly (heh...like its rocket science to install a pair of rear shocks...they just did it when I bought the car) or installed a defective pair of shocks, but it was pretty obvious - the shocks were spitting grease everywhere.
I don't think it'd be due to wheel hop. Is the rear end floaty just in stressed circumstances, or all the time? Hopefully new bushings will do the trick. Do you have a rsb?
#3
Originally posted by blizz20oma
hehe, I like how you say that like it's an everyday thing. I rarely even see fifth gear in my max, much less over 80mph.
hehe, I like how you say that like it's an everyday thing. I rarely even see fifth gear in my max, much less over 80mph.
Originally posted by blizz20oma
Are the KYBs new? I noticed a lot of lateral movement/floatiness when my dealership installed rear shocks incorrectly (heh...like its rocket science to install a pair of rear shocks...they just did it when I bought the car) or installed a defective pair of shocks, but it was pretty obvious - the shocks were spitting grease everywhere.
Are the KYBs new? I noticed a lot of lateral movement/floatiness when my dealership installed rear shocks incorrectly (heh...like its rocket science to install a pair of rear shocks...they just did it when I bought the car) or installed a defective pair of shocks, but it was pretty obvious - the shocks were spitting grease everywhere.
Originally posted by blizz20oma
I don't think it'd be due to wheel hop. Is the rear end floaty just in stressed circumstances, or all the time? Hopefully new bushings will do the trick. Do you have a rsb?
I don't think it'd be due to wheel hop. Is the rear end floaty just in stressed circumstances, or all the time? Hopefully new bushings will do the trick. Do you have a rsb?
Yeah the bushings should do it. The whole piece including 2 bushings is $130, so I will see about that in a week or so
Thanks
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