I hope it is nothing Major. I went to have my car check and they said it may be the steering.
Here it is when i drive my car, it will pull either left of right kind of suddenly with out no notice but i notice it happens just after i shift or sometime when i slow down. The guy was say there was some torque steer on the car. So i am curious as to what is is i hope it is not going to cost me a whole bunch of money to fix.
Someone help. I don't want to car to pull into another car or on coming traffic i know it is not so bad now but i drive it slow so i don't have and problems.
2004 Grand Prix GTP (Competition Group)
SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
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That seems like a pretty vague diagnosis. How long ago has it been since you got an alignment?
Sounds like it could be ball joint(s), control arm bushing(s), possibly a ceized strut mount. Could be a seriously fubar pinion in the R&P, but I doubt it. Definately check the toe (alignment).
As for torque steer, how much HP are you pushing? Stock has basically zero torque steer.
Had the bearing and alignment when they told me this. They took it for test drive.and noticed it as well. They are not sure what it is. It happens when i drive. It will either pull left or right. It happens more when the car is not under load.
2004 Grand Prix GTP (Competition Group)
SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
all the time
Back to my problem. Took it to get re-aligned and guess what it did not help. Now when i am driving and i do a sudden acceleration it pulls left off the gas pulls right sudden accelration pull left. Slow down it pulls left. Making a left if pull more left than i want it. Hit a bump it pull left
what the hell is the problem. I know i can take to someone to figure out but they will spend a while and my money trying to figure out the problem then more money to fix it.
2004 Grand Prix GTP (Competition Group)
SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
all the time
Sticky brake caliper? bad ball joint?
Check the torque on your control arms.
first make sure that the sub-frame bolts are tight then check the control arm bushings for slop(thinking this is where the problem is) then check & clean/relube the brake caliper slides. might even have the rotors turned to make sure that they are true. then with the car jacked up and the front tires in the air have somebody turn the wheel from left to right and listen to the strut bearings for crunching or poping. other than that i have no idea!
see ya!
I will check those but my control arms have the poly bushings in them. Had them changed about 3 years ago or so. i will have to check on that stuff tomorrow
2004 Grand Prix GTP (Competition Group)
SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
all the time
Check the strut to spindle bolts for tightness.
I thinks its possible that you have two seperate problems.
1. When accelerating, I think you may be experiencing bad torque steer. Inspect motor mounts and control arm bushings.
2. When decelerating, are you on or off the brakes? Sounds like one caliper may be working better than the other.
Contol arms bolts were loose but that did not really helped seemed to help but it came back again.
2004 Grand Prix GTP (Competition Group)
SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
all the time
Retorque them then. (after you just did)
