12-06-2018, 06:21 PM
Hi gang!
Well ive had my rebuilt cab on the road for the last few months and as good as it goes there is one major issue clouding the overall experience.
I stripped the cabriolet leaving only the engine and box in. The underside was stripped to bare still etc etc and now looks good.
Rear beam rebuilt by imaxles
New rear dampers and mounts
Calipers rebuilt all round
New gearbox mount and engine mounts and lower arms and front shock absorbers etc.
The issue im having is... Drive below 50mph and everything is fine.
60 or above and any amount of steering i.e to overtake on the motorway or to take avoiding action for example. The rear feels like its a few seconds behind the front steering input.
This below is copy and pasted from another forum (not mine but descibes it to a T!)
Just been on holiday in the South of France for a week and naturally this involved a decent amount of Autoroute driving. I noticed some (frankly bloody worring) handling from the rear of the car on the way down though, this was at higher speeds: 60 to 70mph.
The best way I can describe it is that the back end was wallowy and seemed to lag (if that makes sense) behind the reaction of the front end. For example, at 60mph I'd very quickly snap the steering wheel left-right just to sort of 'wiggle' the car and there was a clear noticeable time difference for when the back would follow the turn/wiggle - about quarter to half a second after the front had settled.
It was extremely disconcerting in swooping bends at motorway speeds and the back end just felt loose!
There was no real answer provided in the thread.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
Rob
Well ive had my rebuilt cab on the road for the last few months and as good as it goes there is one major issue clouding the overall experience.
I stripped the cabriolet leaving only the engine and box in. The underside was stripped to bare still etc etc and now looks good.
Rear beam rebuilt by imaxles
New rear dampers and mounts
Calipers rebuilt all round
New gearbox mount and engine mounts and lower arms and front shock absorbers etc.
The issue im having is... Drive below 50mph and everything is fine.
60 or above and any amount of steering i.e to overtake on the motorway or to take avoiding action for example. The rear feels like its a few seconds behind the front steering input.
This below is copy and pasted from another forum (not mine but descibes it to a T!)
Just been on holiday in the South of France for a week and naturally this involved a decent amount of Autoroute driving. I noticed some (frankly bloody worring) handling from the rear of the car on the way down though, this was at higher speeds: 60 to 70mph.
The best way I can describe it is that the back end was wallowy and seemed to lag (if that makes sense) behind the reaction of the front end. For example, at 60mph I'd very quickly snap the steering wheel left-right just to sort of 'wiggle' the car and there was a clear noticeable time difference for when the back would follow the turn/wiggle - about quarter to half a second after the front had settled.
It was extremely disconcerting in swooping bends at motorway speeds and the back end just felt loose!
There was no real answer provided in the thread.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
Rob