when i hit the gas the car goes to the left and when i let go it goes back to the rig

[whiteboyjune69]

i was coming back from geting a 4 wheel alignment and it was raining so idk if that has something to do with it but ether alot or a lil of gas it does the same thing. so when i hit the gas it goes to the left and when i let go it goes back to the right. is there any1 that had this sht happen to them and if so can u give me a hand on how to fix thanks

[YK86]

Sounds like loose balljoints or tie rod. But if the shop you had the alignment done was a respectable one, they would have inspected all those parts before beginning the alignment......

[Tippey764]

Radius rod bushings

Balljoints will not cause that.

[whiteboyjune69]

Sounds like loose balljoints or tie rod. But if the shop you had the alignment done was a respectable one, they would have inspected all those parts before beginning the alignment......

i ask if everything was good and he said ya but i wound need to get balljoints to make it like it got cambers to make everything perfect

[breeziebabyyy]

I'm not 100% sure on the "accurate" naming of this rod but it goes from the braking area to the cross-member of the front of the car. I will try to get a picture of it tomorrow and upload for you as what to look for. My car did this at one point. The bushings for this rod have come out on that side (whichever it's pulling to when you hit the gas)

[firststrike50]

I'm not 100% sure on the "accurate" naming of this rod but it goes from the braking area to the cross-member of the front of the car. I will try to get a picture of it tomorrow and upload for you as what to look for. My car did this at one point. The bushings for this rod have come out on that side (whichever it's pulling to when you hit the gas)

I believe thats called a strut rod or radius arm?

[Tippey764]

I'm not 100% sure on the "accurate" naming of this rod but it goes from the braking area to the cross-member of the front of the car. I will try to get a picture of it tomorrow and upload for you as what to look for. My car did this at one point. The bushings for this rod have come out on that side (whichever it's pulling to when you hit the gas)

I believe thats called a strut rod or radius arm?

Radius rod bushings

Also known as strut rod, i don't like to call it that because then you end up with strut bushings when you go to the store

If they go bad this will happen

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[batever]

=radius rod. that's what the helm calls it, so does Haynes. If the bushings on one of them it are deteriorated (causing freeplay at, say, the front cross member, or the nut is loose, then on acceleration i beleive the the wheel will move forward relative to the chassis to fill that space during acceleration. If it's the left radius rod, that will cause toe in on the right wheel and cause the car to move to the left. Then it will move back to its original position when you let off the gas, causing the car to move back the right again. If your car is moving to the left on accel, I suspect a loose or deteriorated connection at the left front radius rod. the alignment shop could have messed with it for a toe setting, then forgot to reset and secure it properly. Bring it on back to the shop.


This is just me thinking and typing, I'm no kind of expert on this.

[whiteboyjune69]

=radius rod. that's what the helm calls it, so does Haynes. If the bushings on one of them it are deteriorated (causing freeplay at, say, the front cross member, or the nut is loose, then on acceleration i beleive the the wheel will move forward relative to the chassis to fill that space during acceleration. If it's the left radius rod, that will cause toe in on the right wheel and cause the car to move to the left. Then it will move back to its original position when you let off the gas, causing the car to move back the right again. If your car is moving to the left on accel, I suspect a loose or deteriorated connection at the left front radius rod. the alignment shop could have messed with it for a toe setting, then forgot to reset and secure it properly. Bring it on back to the shop.


This is just me thinking and typing, I'm no kind of expert on this.

thanks guys im going back and il see what they say and get back to you guy thanks again

[whiteboyjune69]

it was the strut rod but they fixed it for free cuz i asked them if everything was good when they worked on my car and they worked on my car with tellin me anything was good so they toke that as it was there fault thanks guys

[batever]

You are welcome.