tramlining??

[William]

i have a problem where on many roads i feel very unstable, as if at any moment the car could slide off the road sideways. It does often pull from left to right suddenly with no movement of the wheel. does anyone have any idea what this could be (is it called tramlining??) and how i can fix it?

thanks

[johnono]

if the car is swrving WITHOUT the wheel moving at all then get under the sucker and check that out!!

theres no way that can be good, and u dont want the wheel to come off in ure hand now

damaged rack, coupling , arms broken, missing bushes, dampers dead, god knows

[William]

thanks johnono, its more that it just drifts like it was on rails or something, or being pulled straight sideways on a rope, rather than a swerve, i dont think the wheels actually change direction, the car just drifts!!

[johnono]

tracking and camber check. what wheel size and width are u on

[William]

15" BBS on low profile tyres, sounds really bad but i dont actually know the dimensions! tracking and alignment etc was done about 5 months ago so that should all be ok. heard something about poly bushes somewhere sorting out someone elses tramlining problems.dunno!!

thanks again johnono

[johnono]

no biggy dude , sԚ´all cool

15Ԛ´s are normaly on bbs 195 50 15

someone get me if im wrong,

we had reports of wheels generally over 15" causing probs of traming

what about air pressures 28 rear 32 front

( @ me with "we had reports too much clarkson!!)

[Karan]

bbs should be on 205 55

this might be worn rear subframe bushes, it can give the car a loose feeling at the rear

Karan

[A1BMW325iSport]

agree subframe bushes, they must be on their way out.

[johnono]

nice one for that karen

wasnt sure, never had bbsԚ´s

[Demlotcrew]

Get under the car and get someone to rock the back up and down, look at the subframe if its moving with the car then its not the bushes.

Andrew

[6potWil6pot]

Hmm our 15" BBS tend not to tramline much on decent tyres, im running 50 profile fronts and its still fine. The old 4 pot tramlined on 15" 195/55/15s tho so i dunno
Anyway tramline is when you drive over a raised bit of the road or say a painted line and youll feel the tyre track along it, what your experiencing doesnt sound like it!

[Demlotcrew]

Hmm our 15" BBS tend not to tramline much on decent tyres, im running 50 profile fronts and its still fine. The old 4 pot tramlined on 15" 195/55/15s tho so i dunno
Anyway tramline is when you drive over a raised bit of the road or say a painted line and youll feel the tyre track along it, what your experiencing doesnt sound like it!

Or when your in the truck lane

[William]

thanks alot everyone for the advice. sounds to me then that it might be worn subframe bushes. i will check them out asap. must also find out what tyres i run!!

6potwil, thanks for clearing up the definition of tramlining, i dont think my problem is tramlining in that case. although it probably happens a bit

many thanks again to everyone who contributed