Don - The first place that I would check is the rubber bushings in the connection between the front sway bar and the front lower control arms. During the deceleration phase, you will naturally get a slight nose dive as the effective center of gravity of the car shifts forward. It sounds like you may be getting some slight caster (or perhaps camber, but unlikely) change during that loading phase. I can visualize the lower control arm on the left side dropping back just a bit during the "dive". The only way to properly inspect these bushings is to remove the sway bar. Not a big deal, but more than just "taking a peek". BTW - when I shift gears, and the nose dives a bit, I notice a slight temporary increase in the speedometer reading as the front tires compress a little from the higher loads. This reduces the effective diameter of the tires for a brief moment. This gives you an indication of how substantial these load shifts can be. This doesn't sound like a TAB or motor/transmission mount issue, or you would have seen it during your "handbrake test" (for the mounts). That test was a good and sensible idea, by the way. Toby Peterson VIN 2248 Winged1 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Don Golden" <Don.Golden@xxxx> wrote: > Hi All > > Something new came up which is baffling. When shifting out of 1st gear the right front of the car seems to drop and I feel a slight tendency to swerve to the left. This seems to be more pronounced the higher the revs are when I shift out of 1st. I hear no clunks or other sounds. > > Other than this the car seems to drive fine. I don't notice this in any other gear. It's almost as if this is caused by either 1) the front weight shift as the car decelerates, or 2) the engine torque as it decreases revs, or a combination of both. This isn't noticeable during braking, only during accelerating out of 1st gear. > > A visual check suggests that the engine mounts are OK. I tried another test: with the parking brake on and the the car in 1st gear I let the clutch out slowly. The engine doesn't twist (there is a slight downward movement). The same thing happens in with the tranny in reverse (except the engine moves upward slightly). > > I can't see any visual problems with the shocks/springs, ball joints, tie rod ends. I'm at a loss of where to go next. Could the trailing arm bolts or transmission mounts have a similar effect? > > Thanks Don VIN 4835 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]