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Rear wheel alignment changing under acceleration/deceleration

Old Feb 7, 2002 | 04:34 PM
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Default Rear wheel alignment changing under acceleration/deceleration

Barely noticeable at first, quite noticeable now - When I get off the gas at highway speeds, the car shifts quite a bit to the right. New bearings, dogbones, ujoints, upgraded camber rods, everything else has 170k miles.
Bushings all look good, though. Any ideas?
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Old Feb 7, 2002 | 05:09 PM
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Default Re: Rear wheel alignment changing under acceleration/deceleration (DoubleAught)

Rear inner tie rod scoket has play in it as you apply power and let off you are getting a toe change, check the inner scoket you may not even be able to feel any play but with everything else new that is what I would suspect.

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Old Feb 7, 2002 | 05:43 PM
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Default Re: Rear wheel alignment changing under acceleration/deceleration (David-F)

Thanks, David. I assume you mean the part where the 2 tie rods meet in the middle? Are they commonly available, or is it a GM-only part?
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