hi, i just fitted a new tyre to my Z32, and have noticed the car now twitches at speed, for no reason it goes off to the side, then corrects its self again, not sure if its just driving it on ice, but its really hard to control,

 

wonder if this is a hicas problem? of alinment? or somthing else?

 

 

the front wheels seem to be turning correctly, it just seems like the new rear left tyre is causing problems.

i know its going to sound obvious but did they balance it?

tbh i replaced the whole alloy, from bk racing, they said they had, but ill get it checked

Is it a directional tyre and is it on the right way round ??

it is a directional tyre but its 100% on the right side,

 

it strange, it doesn't always do it, it just randomly twitches and the car starts crabbing, if you put your foot down it seems not to do it during acceleration, it happens around 20-40mph, no noticed it over this.

Worn hicas inner joint probaly.Was the old tyre worn more on the inside.Its a good giveaway sometimes that the joint needs replacing.

it was unevenly worn, can't remeber on which side, will a lockout bar solve this or do i need to replace it as well?

sorry should have said, if i fit a lock out bar... or does the joint need replacing

depends which you get.. The driftworks kit doesn't, the z1 etc still uses the hicas arms and joints.

well was goning to get the driftworks one, as it replaces everything, need to do some work on the back axel anyway, just hope it can make it from bolton to brighton alright...:sad:,

if you fit the Driftworks HICAS kit, it will solve any issues with play in the joints since they wont be there!

 

The driftworks kit elimiates the rack, the arms and the ball joints on the hubs.

 

The only thing about removing the rear steering rack though, is that you would need to get the fitting to loop the pipes which supply the solenoid in the engine bay, or find another way of doing it so that you dont dump your power steering fluid onto the road at the first time of firing it up!

found the problem today lol, was driving home from work, and the whole wheel came off!!! was really funny, only damaged the brake disk, but turned out the studs had sheared off, so the wheel was wobbling not the suspention...

 

the z came home on a tow truck, brakes was one of the things i was doing to the rear axle so no big deal really

found the problem today lol, was driving home from work, and the whole wheel came off!!! was really funny, only damaged the brake disk, but turned out the studs had sheared off, so the wheel was wobbling not the suspention...

 

the z came home on a tow truck, brakes was one of the things i was doing to the rear axle so no big deal really

 

:shock: Glad your ok, that could have been nasty.

SHIT!!! very lucky you didnt kill yourself or anybody else(eg that the wheel hit)

hi, i just fitted a new tyre to my Z32, and have noticed the car now twitches at speed, for no reason it goes off to the side, then corrects its self again, not sure if its just driving it on ice, but its really hard to control,

 

wonder if this is a hicas problem? of alinment? or somthing else?

 

 

the front wheels seem to be turning correctly, it just seems like the new rear left tyre is causing problems.

 

tbh i replaced the whole alloy, from bk racing, they said they had, but ill get it checked

 

found the problem today lol, was driving home from work, and the whole wheel came off!!! was really funny, only damaged the brake disk, but turned out the studs had sheared off, so the wheel was wobbling not the suspention...

 

the z came home on a tow truck, brakes was one of the things i was doing to the rear axle so no big deal really

 

Id be finding out what torque they did your wheels up to and asking them to replace the brake disk if i was you.

 

It might seem funny, but what if you had woke up in hospital?

kin ell.....not torqued up...can be worse in cold weather too they can free off...we did a thread on this a couple of years back...in prolonged icy weather its well worth checking your nuts :D

I'm thinking that's exactly what I'll be doing first thing in the morning...just in case

you got one hell of a sense of humour mate! :)

if you have receipts of when the new tyre was put on and receipt or invoice of it been towed/recovered because of the same wheel coming off a few days after having it fitted then the tyre people dont have a leg to stand on, the should replace the studs discs and wheel free of charge! ask them what they torqued it at?? should be 110 if i remember?

yeah somone will pay for it,

 

tbh only found it funny becuase i have no luck with cars what so ever, both my S13's spent half there lives broken down and the rest of the time on a tow truck, the only reliable car i have ever owned was my rs2000 powered sierra (don't ask what i was thinking) and that got crashed into...

 

was actually really enjoying having a reliable car, that i didn't have to spend hours a week fixing, i bought a nice one too, 50,000 miles , ~ 70.000KM on speedo, no major damage, already its crashed into, found that the wheels dont come off unless you dont want them to, and that targa roofs are really annoying when somone trys to break in and makes a hole in the seel...

 

sorry rant over....

 

i'll have it fixed in no time, already ordered new brakes got some nice groved and dimpled ones, and yellowstuff brake pads, im then going to start the body repairs, im not changing cars again...!!!

 

lol thats where phoenix comes from,