Rear Wheels Sliding on Turns

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Old 10-29-2017, 12:33 PM
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Rear Wheels Sliding on Turns

I have a 2004 TL 6 Speed Manual and for some reason when it is raining my rear wheels slide in the rain when I'm making a turn. My tires are new. Happens on slight turns when I am going about 30 mph. Has this happened to anyone?
Old 10-29-2017, 12:43 PM
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What's your alignment look like?
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Originally Posted by thoiboi
What's your alignment look like?
My alignment is pretty good from what I can tell. I see a little toe in on the rear though.
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What kind of tires, how sharp of a turn, how much water was on the ground, where you under braking, and what is your alignment?
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Originally Posted by jameswesss
My alignment is pretty good from what I can tell. I see a little toe in on the rear though.
Visual look isn't what we are after...get an actual alignment and post your sheet.
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My tires have about 60% tread on them. I will check my alignment when I have the time. I have Nokian ZLine A/S Tires. The floor was not that wet. It had stopped raining about an hour before. Was braking but not harshly. Happened before as well when I was not braking.
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Those should be good tires. How are the shocks?
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Originally Posted by jameswesss
My alignment is pretty good from what I can tell. I see a little toe in on the rear though.
You can't tell visually. If you can actually see toe-in with the naked eye, your alignment is seriously messed up - get it checked ASAP because it's currently unsafe.
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Originally Posted by jameswesss
My tires have about 60% tread on them. I will check my alignment when I have the time. I have Nokian ZLine A/S Tires. The floor was not that wet. It had stopped raining about an hour before. Was braking but not harshly. Happened before as well when I was not braking.
If they have about 60% tread left then they are not new. Alot could have happend between the time you had 100% life down to 60%.
Bad Alignment, bad suspension, camber/ toe issues.

Do you have a local service place that will perform an alignment spec for free?




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