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1986 pulling left on acceleration

Old Jul 10, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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Hello all of my C4 brothers and sisters. I have a friend who has an 1986 medium blue metallic coupe that just had some work done to it at a local mechanic. They replaced much of the old worn out suspension bushings that were worn and dry rotted out. The trailing arm bushings too. Anyways it now is doing something weird, the car wants to pull out left on the rear of the car under acceleration. Like the left wheel is pulling more than the right and makes the rear end of the car move left. It's an auto car and all stock setup.

Any ideas on where to start looking... this thing is way different than my 72 or my C5.

Thanks so much,

Sully
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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tire inflation/wear

did the shop perform a four-wheel alignment after the repairs?

do both rear wheels sit the same distance inside the wheel wells? (one doesn't stick out while the other is inside?)
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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rear camber is out of adjustment.i just replaced all of my bushings with poly and the rear needed some adjustment afterward,even though i made sure and got it back in the same exact spot.BTW i live in van buren,ar and i took my car to gallaway on townsen.send me a pm,maybe we can meet for some cruise time.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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Yes,Camber is out but could also could be caused by Bad Wheel Brgs.
My 84' did that. The wheel opened up slightly under accelleration.
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