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Old 12-23-2012, 06:27 PM   #1
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Rear sways when on throttle

When i get on it it feels like i have 2 flat tires...... The tires and air pressure are fine. Anyone else ever have this happen? If so how did you fix it? I have Pfadt springs and swaybars in it for a while now and it always drove fine.
Any help would be great Thanks!!
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Old 12-23-2012, 08:54 PM   #2
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Never heard of that before either. Is this all of a sudden? Not sure I follow what you are feeli g
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Old 12-23-2012, 09:10 PM   #3
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Never heard of that before either. Is this all of a sudden? Not sure I follow what you are feeli g
I traded the car in last year to my local dealer the owner kept the car and put 80 miles on it ...... I bought it back the other day. The car only has 8890 miles on it. I did a lot of mods to the car originally. Make's 635 to the wheels. Maybe he messed it up...... Either way I gotta fix it. It never did it before. Gonna get it on a lift this week to check it out. Ordered all new polyurethane bushings and Pfadt trailing arms. Hoping this will tighten the car up.
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Old 12-23-2012, 09:37 PM   #4
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mine has backed out the rear sway bar mounting bolts twice now.
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Old 12-23-2012, 09:40 PM   #5
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I traded the car in last year to my local dealer the owner kept the car and put 80 miles on it ...... I bought it back the other day. The car only has 8890 miles on it. I did a lot of mods to the car originally. Make's 635 to the wheels. Maybe he messed it up...... Either way I gotta fix it. It never did it before. Gonna get it on a lift this week to check it out. Ordered all new polyurethane bushings and Pfadt trailing arms. Hoping this will tighten the car up.
Damn hope he didnt mess it up. Get it on the lift like you said and check it out. Good luck
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Old 12-23-2012, 09:43 PM   #6
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mine has backed out the rear sway bar mounting bolts twice now.
I hope that's all it is. Thanks!
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Damn hope he didnt mess it up. Get it on the lift like you said and check it out. Good luck
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could also be that the rear alignment is out. May get a 4 wheel done and check all suspension bolts...ya know...the free/maint. stuff.
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When i get on it it feels like i have 2 flat tires...... The tires and air pressure are fine. Anyone else ever have this happen? If so how did you fix it? I have Pfadt springs and swaybars in it for a while now and it always drove fine.
Any help would be great Thanks!!
Time for cradle bushings pal problem solved.
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Old 12-24-2012, 10:36 AM   #10
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Time for cradle bushings pal problem solved.
Just ordered new bushings and trailing arm's as well. Thanks!!
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The car might have broken off a sway bar mount from the lower control arm. Common issue and easily repaired. Once it's up on a lift and you look around you should be able to spot something.
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It seems to fixed!! We installed Pfadt control arms,toe rods, bushing kit and sway bar end links. Put in Hendrix axels and got a 4 wheel alignment. Car def seems better.
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Old 01-13-2013, 12:21 PM   #13
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I would have bet it was your alignment, but no better to upgrade a few things too!

Glad your problem is solved!
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Old 01-13-2013, 12:38 PM   #14
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I would have bet it was your alignment, but no better to upgrade a few things too!

Glad your problem is solved!
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