Car pulling right under power
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Lake Ozark, MO
Car pulling right under power
Seems like my 01 pull / torques very hard to the right in the first few gears (M6) when under max power shifts. I thought it was me at first unconsciously turning the wheel, but it's not.............feels like something is shifting or loose in the rear. I've looked, but haven't found anything out of the ordinary. Ideas?
Racer
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Sacramento CA
does it do it everytime? Could be the pavement you're on because as the road ages low points develop because of where vechles tires most offen contact the road. This causes vehicles with wider tires and stiff sidewalls to get pulled around since the tire cannot maintain 100% even contact on the road. Lets say your left tires have full contact but your right have only 70%. Your vehicle will tend to pull.
Racer
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From: Montreal Drive it like you test it !
In addition to what was said, mine started to pull right when I was on the gas and on the left when I was releasing the pedal. Just a little thought. That was the rear tie-rods. The driver side was looser than the passenger side. This is easy to check. Jack the car and try to move the wheel from left to right. If it also moves from top to bottom, then that could be the wheel bearing. My C4 had the same problem. I found it strange since the front tie-rods were ok. I think it was due to track time. That could also be a A arm busing. Are tires wear evenly.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Lake Ozark, MO
Good suggestions. Tire wear is even....just feels like something is loose or the way it feels with traction control on when you try and do some hot rodding and all sorts of automatic compensation is going on back there.
Melting Slicks
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From: Rehoboth MA . . . NRA Life Member
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
As the engines rpm's increase so does the torque. When you dump the clutch the drive-train locks up and twists the chassis. This can cause an unequal weight distribution allowing one tire to hook up better than the other, actually steering the car from the rear.
Just my thoughts.
Bob
Just my thoughts.
Bob