C5 trolley affect

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Aug 28, 2011 | 09:17 PM

brasher801

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C5 trolley affect

My car seems to want to follow the ruts more these days. What would be wearing to cause this? Also how offten should I change shocks. 100k on same shocks.

Aug 28, 2011 | 09:19 PM

Lothar34

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I think the term is "tramlining". Outer tie rods may be one reason. Also some tires are worse than others.

Aug 28, 2011 | 09:27 PM

brasher801

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Ahh! Trammeling. Outer tie rods. Forgot to say it's a 2001. Feels like something is moving for sure when there is pavement change or rut in road. Just can't put my finger on it. I will have them checked.
Thanks

Aug 29, 2011 | 06:16 AM

Cybermind

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Mine used to do it with the OEM runflat tires. Once I changed over to Hankook V12's, the problem went away. The runflats will cause a lot of tramlining especially once they get worn.

Aug 29, 2011 | 07:26 AM

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The fix for me was.....changing from "run-flats" to "normal" tires.

Aug 29, 2011 | 07:26 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybermind

Mine used to do it with the OEM runflat tires. Once I changed over to Hankook V12's, the problem went away. The runflats will cause a lot of tramlining especially once they get worn.

Ditto! Replaced tires, it went away!