Car steers itself

[GeoffM]

Please bounce as many ideas at me as you can. I don't want to list what my car has, in order to keep an open flow of ideas.

Scenario: It's been very windy lately. It's been blowing my car around so that I have to frequently re adjust my steering
on a straight road. It could be the wind. It could be some other things that have happened. Give me any ideas.

PS: If you really want to know everything I've done, just click the pic and read.

[steelbluesleepR]

Could just be the wind, but I'm betting you have your caster or toe out of alignment making your car twitchy.

[GrimmCB7]

This usually happens to me in very windy conditions. I wouldnt personaly read into it too much. Now if it happens without a windy day you may have other probems. Are you being blown to one side the whole time, or is it with and against the wind?

[GeoffM]

Could just be the wind, but I'm betting you have your caster or toe out of alignment making your car twitchy.

I know I do have alignment issues. It stems from the tire destroying pothole I hit and the suspension work I did over the summer. I'm hoping it's not from something else I haven't found yet. That's why I wanted any ideas.

This usually happens to me in very windy conditions. I wouldnt personaly read into it too much. Now if it happens without a windy day you may have other probems. Are you being blown to one side the whole time, or is it with and against the wind?

It was less windy today, and I didn't really notice it. However, this morning I woke to a flat. It could've been the cause to some of what I was feeling. I still have wheel shake, I'm just hoping it's not anything on the suspension that's gone wrong.

[jewelproject]

have you replaced your upper/lower ball joint lately?

i noticed a big changed in my steering after i did mine.

[GeoffM]

have you replaced your upper/lower ball joint lately?

i noticed a big changed in my steering after i did mine.

Yes. The lower ball joints are almost 2 years old, the tie rods and UBJs are from this summer.

[GrimmCB7]

At what speed about does it shake?

[toycar]

Inner tie rod, bushings on steering rack, upper ball joint(s)


First things that come to miind

[zodiak]

I'm gunna have to say the alignment and plus the wind making it go all over the road IMO

[f2156]

Your tires might be bad. Rotate your tires it might help.

[quaidum]

could be a multitude of things first i would check tire pressure, then tread condition, steering angle(wheels and steering wheel pointing the same direction)

Jack car up and push the front wheel toward and away from the car with your hands at the 3 oclock and 9 oclock positions. if it has play it could be the inner or outer tie rod, or the wheel bearing in some cases but not often.

if you push at the 12 oclock and 6 oclock areas then you can see if the lower ball joint or the upper arm/joint has any freeplay.

and last but not least if everything is good then it is alignment or structural damage

[jewelproject]

its a small chance it can cause your problem,

but do you have the right tire pressure?

[djcaz_aom]

its a small chance it can cause your problem,

but do you have the right tire pressure?

I was about to reply the same thing. Incorrect tire pressure can even cause a car with perfect alignment to drift to one side.