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Poor handling on wet and dirt roads 120-130

posted by  chevy on  Sun Oct 16 21:02 CST 2005
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G'day all!

I've been having traction problems in town when it rains in my 122 (std B20B at the moment). The RHR wheel is incredibly easy to spin. I do have a rear sway bar which I know will increase inner wheel spin when cornering but I noticed something else this weekend. I went on a club rally on the weekend and found that when I was pulling away with the LHR wheel on grass it wouldn't spin....sometimes the RHR would just start to breakaway if accelerating harder. If the RHR was anywhere near grass or gravel it couldn't be stopped spinning.

The second (and hopefully related fault) is that when I was on a dirt road the rear end felt incredible vauge, steering corrections were constantly required (even at 50kph/30mph) yet the front end felt incredibly secure on the road.

I did raise the rearend and both axles spin easily and evenly and the brakes aren't binding


I have std (but reset 2" lower) rear springs, 195/65/15 tyres, bilstein shocks and a 17mm rear bar.

If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them.

Thnaks
Alex.
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Alex Shevlin (Sydney): '69 122S, '72 144S, '87 Merc 190D






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