Ian C Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Well, nothing too bad but I get stressed if things aren't 100%. Under braking the car is nervous - want's to pull left and right. The braking performance seems less than optimal at times as well. The car also feels like it's tramlining more than usual as well, maybe a bit of wandering. Now, the factors that may influence this are: I have been running, inadvertantly, 18psi or so in the front right tyre for a few hundred miles. The valve cap is dodgy, the rubber seal has come adrift and can press on the valve stem a bit. I'll be replacing that on Saturday. I've pumped this tyre back up, and the handling is still iffy. I know from experience that a change in pressure over extended mileage can wear the tyre into a new road profile. When pumped back up, it can feel exactly as mine does now, but after a few hundred miles of feeling nervous and wandering they seem to recover the normal handling. I intend on getting the tracking checked out on Saturday as well. The car doesn't do too many miles, especially with the troubles I've been having, so it spends a lot of time standing in the garage. This may have implications. The brake pedal also seems to have a too-long travel and be lacking feel. Time for a brake fluid change, perhaps? Anything else I should check? Basically, I stress when there is something out of true with the car and I hate not being able to get on and diagnose/sort it right away (I'm at work - grrr), so this post is an effort to pacify my daemons -Ian (edited to tidy up an apallingly ambiguous paragraph) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrenn Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Hi Ian Have you been doing any suspension work? I had a poorly installed shock absorber, which caused meanderings. Other than that, pretty much what you said - pressures, alignments, or play in steering bushes etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykick Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 It could be a warpped disc, mine is a j-spec and just been diagnosed with this. I had the same symptoms, as you have described. The garage is skimming the disc's for me as we speak, and has assured me it will correct the problem. rgds, Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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