DOES YOUR BACK WHEEL DRIFT ON TURNS?

puraieru · Post by **puraieru** » June 11th, 2005, 3:14 am

Ok today, I noticed the rear of my car drifts when making turns to the RIGHT. This happens on mild curves and not at excessive speed. (A good avg speed would be 20-25/mph)

Now, when turning to the LEFT there is no drifting or any feel of "skidding". Silky smooth turns.

I havent looked into it yet since i just noticed it today but, Ideas?
My suspension sux?

Thanks in advance.

freyguy_412 · Post by **freyguy_412** » June 11th, 2005, 1:18 pm

Is your suspension modified? When I was riding stock height and ebrake slided around left turns, my friends always told me my rear tire would come off the ground. But then again, when I took the struts off to do my suspension, the struts wouldn't hold themselves up... my case was blown struts.

I always had a bit of oversteer, even after doing my springs. But I got a front strut bar and even still I get surprized by how much you can feel the a-- end of that car grab on a corner. I'll take on a little too fast, start thingin oh shizzle... then it feels like it dropped onto a rail and it just zips through the apex of the corner. God damn I love my MX-3!

puraieru · Post by **puraieru** » June 12th, 2005, 1:45 am

its stock. thanks for the reply. anymore?

dj inferno · Post by **dj inferno** » June 12th, 2005, 2:10 am

buy new tires.. get nice directional ones.

prototype · Post by **prototype** » June 15th, 2005, 12:48 am

My rear struts are blown and my car's rear slides out from under me quite easily so I'm thinking that that is my problem... seems like it could be yours too.

Just push on the back of the car, if it bounces more than twice, something is messed up.. OR if it goes down and get's stuck then the strut is completely out of oil and is definitely in need of replacing. lol.

yiorta · Post by **yiorta** » June 15th, 2005, 1:52 am

Or maybe you should check your tyre's pressure!

Devilhog · Post by **Devilhog** » June 15th, 2005, 2:05 am

I have stock everything on my car, never notice the back end wanting to slide at all except in winter

And I take corners pretty fast haha. Its mostly my front end giving away before the back end.

MX3-Freak · Post by **MX3-Freak** » June 15th, 2005, 7:06 pm

My back tires have only lost tractions once around a corner. . . but I was going about 55 on a series of hair-pins at 3 am. Would never drive like that when people are on the road.

Domnknpimp · Post by **Domnknpimp** » June 21st, 2005, 11:00 pm

this car does seem to oversteer a lot more than usual for a FWD vehicle. it feels almost like the e-brake is pulled when making sharp turns