b13 classic suspension

[KA-NEWB]

my b13 has been acting up on the suspension.when going down a straight piece of road without throttle it seems to want to go left,when i press down on it it goes straight.so my assumption was that it might be the stabilizer bar.money is tight and i wanna make sure that replacing the stabilizer bar will do the job...do you think this will or could it be something else?

[RED_DET]

Could be an alignment, could be bad tires. Sounds like a tire issue to me. Have alignment checked and have the road force on the tires checked.

[KA-NEWB]

thanks for your input i will look into that

[ABNRML4U]

If you want to rotate your tires just to make sure. If any different then you need tires. Plus check tire pressure too. like 35-40.

[nametakennow]

Since it corrects when you accelerate (if I read you right), it could be a CV joint as well.

That said, check tire wear, tire pressure, and alignment first.

[Classic_Fetish]

considering the symptoms, i would put my money on most likely a very bad inner tie rod, controll arm bushing or hub bearing...

but the hub bearing i would rule out unless your having some pretty quirky brake issues too, and alot of bearing noise... in order for the hub bearing to be causing a pull it has to be really really bad... so bad that pretty much the only thing holding it together is the axle nut on the cv shaft...this much play will allow the rotor to flop around within the caliper and actualy push the caliper piston back in... making you have to pump the pedal a few times to get everything back in position and to get any pressure up

now... since when your on the throttle the left front wheel is trying to pull ahead of the car, if you have either a really bad set of tie rods, or a bad control arm bushing, the torque at the wheel is going to hold tension on the worn out parts and keep everything in some sort of order... however once the car wants to go faster then the wheel (coasting or braking) the wheel would push back into the worn parts and angle to the left...

if it pulls to the left hard, or makes any kind of knocking noise when it starts to pull i would look first to the control arm bushings...

if its a softer pull the answer is more likely to be a part that even worn out wont make that much play... so i would first draw my attentions to the left side tie rod ends... particularly the inner

hope this helps