Re: Swaying
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Re: Swaying



You were missing shims altogether on one side (can't remember which --
sorry). Do not know if that was for proper alignment or just because
they fell out. Sounds like time for a 4 wheel alignment (specs on
pages H:08:01 and K:08:01 of tech manual).

Your passenger splash guard needs to come off anyway to relocate the
parking brake cable.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> Up until recently, my DeLorean had really bad steering due to front-
> end corrosion and half-hearted amatuer repairs. In accordance with my 
> budget, I've had metal replaced by an experienced metal 
> fabricator/welder. The last thing I had done was to have the steering 
> rack anchored to keep it from sliding in the bushings. It ain't 
> stock, and it ain't pretty but it's correct, safe and solid.
> 
> When I drove at speed, certain bumps in the road would make it feel 
> as though the car was trying to climb out of the lane. I attributed 
> this to the steering rack sliding in the bushings.
> 
> Now that everything is firmly set in the front-end, the sway is very 
> slight, but still there. The steering does not pull to either side. 
> The column bushing is in good shape. The sway almost, (but not 
> absolutely) feels like the rear-end is trying to sashay out of the 
> lane.
> 
> Is this a trailing arm issue? My bolts were pulled and checked. They 
> were not bent but they had obviously been worked on in the past as 
> one of them was non-standard hardware (replaced it). Could the shims 
> being improperly installed cause this sway? If the shims were 
> improperly installed, would an alignment shop be able to tell where 
> and how many to install?





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