strange reversing...

[captainlip]

thid sounds odd but i noticed this today! as i dont use reverse i did spot it until i rolled it into a corner, so when i push it backwards it goes diagonal, but forward its straight. i dont know if its because the rear wheels wobble alot, is this normal? or is it because the angle of the wheels are out?

hard to explain, i know

[metalmickey0]

Its prob caused by your rear toe in. When your car goes forward the tyres are pushing out so as to keep it straight, but when reversing they are pulling whichever way has most grip, so diagonally would be highly possible. Dont worry about it as dont think you`ll be driving backwards a lot

[captainlip]

does this mean the setup is wrong on one side at all?

[peetbee]

The toe in on the rear can't be set incorrectly as it's defined by the blocks that hold the inner hinge pins, so will always be set the same side to side.

The front is adjustable via the steering arms, so just check the toe in is equal.

As Rych says, it's only going forward that you need to worry about!!

[Tempest501]

The rear wheels shouldn't wobble (or at le4ast mine doesn't). Have you had the wheels off at all? Just wonder if the wheels are not sitting on the little bar on the axle.

If you remove them and look inside the rear wheel you will see a cross. If you then look at the axle youll have a blue spacer (in your manual its part number 96088) and in front of that a roll pin (7369). That roll pin should sit in that cross of the wheel to keep it steady.

Hopefully its just something as simple as that.

[captainlip]

its in the pin fine, and all the shims are in and i still cant understand why they are so wobbly, it moves about 5mm each way

[arransmith27]

Do you still have your rear turnbuckles like you discribed in this thread ? :

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56965

If so, this is probably not helping matters

[captainlip]

yes but this was no different the other way "normal way" still wobbled loads

[bodgit]

Is the wobble you describe when you hold the car off the ground and the wheels wobble on the hub carrier , not the actual wheels being out of true.
There is a bit of play when the car is suspended and that is normal.

[Tempest501]

Any chance you can get a vid up on youtube? might help us work out whats going on.

[captainlip]

ill try over the weekend