Ok so here is the deal. I did a tranny swap to an 05 oddy, at the same time I did Megan racing coil overs. lately I’ve got a pretty bad shake in the steering wheel and I can feel it through the peddles. It felt very mechanical, almost like a really rough wheel bearing. The effect is diminished if I keep the tires slightly under inflated. and the best part, I can't make aggressive right turns. As soon as I attempt a right turn, even slightly aggressive, the front right wheel begins to snow plow, the tire just stops gripping. I can take left turns as fast as I want... but not right. Now... Here’s what I've done so far: 4 new tires; Front and rear wheel bearings and hubs; Drive shafts; Tie Rod ends, Lower ball joints, Ingles adjustable uppers (currently set as negative as possible in the hopes of getting some grip). Still, having the same problems... I just don't know where to go from here.

 

Have you checked the passenger's side subframe for rust damage ?
Did ya replace both inner and outer tie rods ?

The steering rack guide may need adjusted. Also check the steering gearbox for play. Have an alignment shop evaluate and adjust settings to match your specific needs. Lowered suspension, larger diameter custom rims with a more aggressive offset require customized tweaking.

 

And you have jacked the car up and inspected everything to make sure everything is tight and not worn out? Radius rod bushings ok? Any clunking or noise from the front?

 

Its been less than 6 months since I replaced the trans, and quite literally I just replaced all of the front end hardware. So the radius arm bushings I think are probably not good, I was going to give them some attention next. Another thing I noticed is that over any bumps that would cause a lot of downward force on the suspension (not necessarily hard bumps) the wheel seems to loose grip too. No rust, polished and painted it all when I had the trans out. So, you think that bad radius arm bushings would have that big of an affect?

 

The drivers side wheel seems to lose grip under force; so it loses grip on bumps not when the suspension goes loose, but when the force is applied to them.

 

No, the inner tie rods were going to be replaced with the rack. I ordered one off ebay, but they sent me the wrong part, so i'm waiting to hear back from them. My suspicion is that it might be a combo between bad radius arm bushings and a bad rack. But I wanted some in put before I rip the front end apart again.