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rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:12 pm
by imye30
driving around to day an noticed wen i went round a corner to turn in to road
and the rear started to swerve like loosing it at such slow speed what could this be
i have a e30 convertible 325i
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:14 pm
by kieran325
Was the road wet ??
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:16 pm
by imye30
kieran325 wrote:Was the road wet ??
no all dry even went out befor turned left from a dual carriage way it it lost control only slighty thow but not good thow
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:17 pm
by batleyrhino
Is this thread linked to the "how many female members do we have" thread?
I only ask because my mrs can't drive her E46 in the wet and loses her read end regularly....
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:28 pm
by Morat
Nankangs?
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:35 pm
by hennared323i
rear beam bushes?
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:45 pm
by bmw9818
Morat wrote:Nankangs?
lol + 1 shittest tyres ever
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:47 pm
by Brianmoooore
Welded diff?
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:54 pm
by spbt1
put some nankang ditchfinders on any car and you'll lose the back end.
Re: rear end help
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:44 pm
by shedrool83
Did the rear actually step out or did it just feel like it did?
Re: rear end help
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:28 pm
by imye30
shedrool83 wrote:Did the rear actually step out or did it just feel like it did?
It step out swavered left to rite a it
Re: rear end help
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:59 am
by capri_rob
diesel on the road
Re: rear end help
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:54 am
by Captain_Birdseye
Mine did a bit a couple of days ago it could just be chance or slight grease + humid/heat kinda shit?
Re: rear end help
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:16 pm
by scjimbo
Captain_Birdseye wrote:Mine did a bit a couple of days ago it could just be chance or slight grease + humid/heat kinda shit?
As a biker this is a +1. In our area we have had rain but not for long enough to wash the crappola off the roads and its hairy out there.
Re: rear end help
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:24 pm
by chewy320
I have been having this same problem with my e46 320, tires are all good and road seems perfectly dry. Sometimes when i will go round a corner not even at great speed and hit a small bump in the road my backend will start to pop out. It never used to do this so i don't really know whats going on!
Re: rear end help
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:07 am
by Captain_Birdseye
It's Aliens!!!!
Re: rear end help
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:38 pm
by Funnybear
Tyres could easily be the culprit. You might have just got to a point in the wear cycle where they loose alot of grip. They are also the cheapest part to swap out before you go hunting for other problems.
Or it was just a freak bit of road. They are rear wheel drive and the road can do funny things even on low throttle.
Every time I change my rears I get a different car back. Some tyres feel rock solid but you soon realise arn't, and others make the car feel it's on ice, but will stick and stick and stick . . . . . . untill it don't stick no more.
I ain't telling you to suck eggs, but check your tread across the WHOLE tyre. If your lowered then your rear camber will toe out meaning the inner edge takes all the abuse. Mine look healthy untill you check the inner inch and notice the steel . . . . . . I did wonder why it was acting a bit funny.