How Damaging is hard Cornering? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

CyberPunk223 · 03-23-2013, 06:58 PM

everyone likes to corner hard, it's fun and it's eaiser than slowign down for every turn.... but it is bad for your driveline or rear axle? Will it cause your wheel bearings to go out sooner? How about other parts of the car? I'm not worried about tires, they're meant to be replaced.

How do you all drive? Do you avoid hard cornering to protect your car? And what have been you experiences? I did quite a bit in my 2000 RS, never had a problem and I sold it with 103,000 miles.

gmen09 · 03-23-2013, 07:05 PM

I am interested in what other say about this, I don't see how it could do damage to your driveline though.

FL1CK · 03-23-2013, 07:14 PM

With good tires I think you're just losing tread...

CWI · 03-23-2013, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberPunk223

everyone likes to corner hard, it's fun and it's eaiser than slowign down for every turn.... but it is bad for your driveline or rear axle? Will it cause your wheel bearings to go out sooner? How about other parts of the car? I'm not worried about tires, they're meant to be replaced.

How do you all drive? Do you avoid hard cornering to protect your car? And what have been you experiences? I did quite a bit in my 2000 RS, never had a problem and I sold it with 103,000 miles.

Hard cornering will put extra stess and wear on tires, suspension components, and bearings. If they are up to the task, no problem. If they are weak, they will wear and need replaced sooner. Don't know any other way to answer this.

Now if you don't make it through the corner and leave the road or track, then you may have some new problems.

Scooter11 · 03-23-2013, 07:20 PM

I do it a lot myself however there are a few things to worry about, not just your tires. The most important of these are your Constant-Velocity Joints. Repeated hard cornering over time could cause these to fail. If they do you could be watching your tire roll down the road past you...

Edit: Thus causing massive damage to rear suspension/axle

AdamZ · 03-23-2013, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CWI

Hard cornering will put extra stess and wear on tires, suspension components, and bearings. If they are up to the task, no problem. If they are weak, they will wear and need replaced sooner. Don't know any other way to answer this.

Now if you don't make it through the corner and leave the road or track, then you may have some new problems.

BLU DUCE · 03-23-2013, 07:27 PM

Well I have a 2011 1Ss/RS i've had it on Watkins Glen Road Course 6 times 65 to 75 in curves 123 on back stretch. Stock suspension stock brakes & and have never had a problem yet. Are club puts them on the track every year and we have had up to 40 of us on there at once.

jd10013 · 03-23-2013, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooter11

I do it a lot myself however there are a few things to worry about, not just your tires. The most important of these are your Constant-Velocity Joints. Repeated hard cornering over time could cause these to fail. If they do you could be watching your tire roll down the road past you...

Edit: Thus causing massive damage to rear suspension/axle

you usually hear those joints going bad before they break.

Scooter11 · 03-23-2013, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by spike III

Well I have a 2011 1Ss/RS i've had it on Watkins Glen Road Course 6 times 65 to 75 in curves 123 on back stretch. Stock suspension stock brakes & and have never had a problem yet. Are club puts them on the track every year and we have had up to 40 of us on there at once.

Yeah you'd really only experience a problem after 10+ years of aggressive street cornering. I've seen what I described above first hand on an older Ferrari, luckily the wheel remained very much a part of the car

KaBoom1701 · 03-23-2013, 08:19 PM

Your kidding right?

These cars are made for cornering! Sure hard cornering over long periods of time will do some ware and tear to your car but you didn't buy this car to jut look at it did you? LOL

cjcamaro10 · 03-23-2013, 09:17 PM

Anything that handles deflection. Mainly your wallet over time.

CWI · 03-23-2013, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cjcamaro10

Anything that handles deflection. Mainly your wallet over time.

Bonanza7 · 03-24-2013, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by spike III

Well I have a 2011 1Ss/RS i've had it on Watkins Glen Road Course 6 times 65 to 75 in curves 123 on back stretch. Stock suspension stock brakes & and have never had a problem yet. Are club puts them on the track every year and we have had up to 40 of us on there at once.

Hope no one from GM read this!

Paparazzi 1 · 03-26-2013, 10:37 PM

Hey kaBoom . . . I too had to laugh at this one.
You'll get more damage hitting your head on the drivers side glass !

You got a Camaro for Chris* sake . . . drive it !

03-23-2013, 06:58 PM	#1
CyberPunk223 Account Suspended Drives: 2012 LS Camaro Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Hagerstown, MD Posts: 383 View My Garage	How Damaging is hard Cornering? everyone likes to corner hard, it's fun and it's eaiser than slowign down for every turn.... but it is bad for your driveline or rear axle? Will it cause your wheel bearings to go out sooner? How about other parts of the car? I'm not worried about tires, they're meant to be replaced. How do you all drive? Do you avoid hard cornering to protect your car? And what have been you experiences? I did quite a bit in my 2000 RS, never had a problem and I sold it with 103,000 miles.

03-23-2013, 07:05 PM	#2
gmen09 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS ls3 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Flemington NJ Posts: 588 View My Garage	I am interested in what other say about this, I don't see how it could do damage to your driveline though. __________________

03-23-2013, 07:14 PM	#3
FL1CK Switchin' n Twitchin' Drives: 2011 Camaro Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Chula Vista, CA (Eastlake) Posts: 3,145	With good tires I think you're just losing tread... __________________ I am not childish, you're just being a poopy head!

03-23-2013, 07:20 PM	#5
Scooter11 Drives: 2013 SW 2LS Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 870	I do it a lot myself however there are a few things to worry about, not just your tires. The most important of these are your Constant-Velocity Joints. Repeated hard cornering over time could cause these to fail. If they do you could be watching your tire roll down the road past you... Edit: Thus causing massive damage to rear suspension/axle Last edited by Scooter11; 03-23-2013 at 07:22 PM. Reason: Emphasis on the result of doing this too much

03-23-2013, 07:27 PM	#7
BLU DUCE Drives: 2011 1SS/RS IBM Camaro Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chittenango, NY, USA Posts: 7,219 View My Garage	Well I have a 2011 1Ss/RS i've had it on Watkins Glen Road Course 6 times 65 to 75 in curves 123 on back stretch. Stock suspension stock brakes & and have never had a problem yet. Are club puts them on the track every year and we have had up to 40 of us on there at once. __________________

03-23-2013, 08:19 PM	#10
KaBoom1701 KaBoom1701 Drives: 13' ZL1 Red M6 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: I.E. SoCal (Yucaipa) Posts: 8,630	Your kidding right? These cars are made for cornering! Sure hard cornering over long periods of time will do some ware and tear to your car but you didn't buy this car to jut look at it did you? LOL __________________ Mods: Roto-Fab Intake, WW Res. kit & Big Gulp Air Scoop, Elite Catch Can, ATI Super Damper & 18% OD Pulley, LF Idler pulley bracket, Metco CC breather, ID850 Injectors, Stainless Power Headers w/ ceramic coating, TR71X Spark Plugs, JMS Fuel Pump Booster, Bo White TB, Tuned by Ted @ Jannetty Racing, Ron Davis HX, D3 Reservoir, Pfadt 1" Springs, Moreno Camber Plates, ZL1 Addons Splitter guard washers, Tow Hook kit & rock guards, Hurst Shifter Billet Plus 6 Speed Short Shifter, ZL1 DRL lighting harness, ZL1 Recaro Seats.

03-23-2013, 09:17 PM	#11
cjcamaro10 Drives: 2010 LS 6M Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Lombard Posts: 184	Anything that handles deflection. Mainly your wallet over time.

03-26-2013, 10:37 PM	#14
Paparazzi 1 Drives: 2012 2SS/RS A6 Coupe - Crystal Red Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 16	Hey kaBoom . . . I too had to laugh at this one. You'll get more damage hitting your head on the drivers side glass ! You got a Camaro for Chris* sake . . . drive it !