Re: Front End Drop

["dmc6960" <ultra@xxxx>]

CHECK YOUR TRAILING ARM BOLTS!!!!! Same thing happened to me last 
year. What had happened is I lost all the alignment shims on one 
side, causing the wheel to have a lot of freeplay in the toe. This is 
noticable under acceleration because of the torque put upon the wheel 
by the driveshaft. If you check both your bolts, I'm almost certain 
you will fine one which is very loose and missing shims. It is very 
dangerous to drive like this as it will put extra strain on the 
trailing arm bolts which may already be damaged. May I suggest 
getting new washers, shims, bushings, and Toby-TABs to remidy the 
situation. Otherwise, if the bolt doesn't show any signs of being 
bent or damaged in any way, you may be able to get by with just new 
shims and re-torquing the bolt. Good luck.

Jim Reeve
MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
DMC-6960

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Don Golden" <Don.Golden@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Something new came up which is baffling. When shifting out of 1st 
gear the right front of the car seems to drop and I feel a slight 
tendency to swerve to the left. This seems to be more pronounced the 
higher the revs are when I shift out of 1st. I hear no clunks or other 
sounds. 
> 
> Other than this the car seems to drive fine. I don't notice this in 
any other gear. It's almost as if this is caused by either 1) the 
front weight shift as the car decelerates, or 2) the engine torque as 
it decreases revs, or a combination of both. This isn't noticeable 
during braking, only during accelerating out of 1st gear.
> 
> A visual check suggests that the engine mounts are OK. I tried 
another test: with the parking brake on and the the car in 1st gear I 
let the clutch out slowly. The engine doesn't twist (there is a slight 
downward movement). The same thing happens in with the tranny in 
reverse (except the engine moves upward slightly).
> 
> I can't see any visual problems with the shocks/springs, ball 
joints, tie rod ends. I'm at a loss of where to go next. Could the 
trailing arm bolts or transmission mounts have a similar effect?
> 
> Thanks Don VIN 4835
> 
> 
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