steering problem

[ride2slow]

So i got a '97 trans am, and the thing darts and dives all over. especially on an older road that is kinda worn where normal tires fit the road. I have replaced upper balljoints, and tierod ends, seemed to take some play out, but hasnt fixed the problem all the way.
I was wondering if my caster can be off far enough to cause this problem.

Thanks, any feed back is appreciated

[CamaroRS92]

Running the wider profile tires as on T/A & Z28 will always cause pulling with road contour to varying degrees.
A lot depends on how bad the road is , how worn the tires are , & are they properly inflated.

Worn or leaking front struts will also cause control and handling issues such as this

[CamarosRsweet94]

Have it aligned, the professionals know a hell of a lot better than you do if something is off.

[CamaroRS92]

Originally Posted by CamarosRsweet94

Have it aligned, the professionals know a hell of a lot better than you do if something is off.

You would generally think that of a shop that does alignment - especially a GoodYear Tire Store. However recently i was having issues with a new set of tires giving "bounce" at speeds above 40.
Their answer was to re-balance and align. (didn't fix the problem) Went to an independant tire store and they found one tire was out of round and the ball joint on the left side was worn and both struts were worn out.

My point is - that you would think GoodYear, of all people, would have checked these (major) things to get a proper alignment , but they failed to even mention them. I was told everything was fine and it was aligned. In reality, all they did was set the toe and did nothing else. Makes me wonder how many other folks have been ripped off like that.

[wrightz28]

Check your sway (stabalizer) links out. Without them the car can be a handfull. As far as alignment goes, most cars since the mid 80's only have camber and toe built into them for adjustments, the strut towers contour sets the caster, which opens the door for bad strut bearings, but I don't think so.

[Doc Mavrick]

Anyone here repaired a steering column from a 3rd generaton camaro . And would the diagrams beavailable
on the net .I can find them all day long for the chevy s-10
with tilt /Yet this pony has the one airbag and orange &Blk wires and not yellow &Blk as is the s-10 Also in the fuse box, nothing indicating an airbag fuse .Yet it's suggested to remove it & not just the Batt. terminals .Thats why I ask anyone out there accomplish this feat ?

[Morley]

Originally Posted by CamaroRS92

My point is - that you would think GoodYear, of all people, would have checked these (major) things to get a proper alignment , but they failed to even mention them. I was told everything was fine and it was aligned. In reality, all they did was set the toe and did nothing else. Makes me wonder how many other folks have been ripped off like that.

Many, many others have been ripped off by Goodyear's service centers, which is why there was a class action suit against them a few years ago and they settled out of court.

[Scrapper]

Originally Posted by CamaroRS92

You would generally think that of a shop that does alignment - especially a GoodYear Tire Store. However recently i was having issues with a new set of tires giving "bounce" at speeds above 40.
Their answer was to re-balance and align. (didn't fix the problem) Went to an independant tire store and they found one tire was out of round and the ball joint on the left side was worn and both struts were worn out.

My point is - that you would think GoodYear, of all people, would have checked these (major) things to get a proper alignment , but they failed to even mention them. I was told everything was fine and it was aligned. In reality, all they did was set the toe and did nothing else. Makes me wonder how many other folks have been ripped off like that.

yah good year around here does same thing they say its not there tires they aways say balance is problem...good year tires are junk..even tires made by cooper are better..

[CamaroRS92]

Well I finally got fed up with all of the "GoodYear" crap and just replaced all four tires with B F Goodrich Traction TA and the problem is solved.

With the GoodYear tires that I had on there being so out of round and pretty much non-balanceable for what its worth - I wonder if a disgruntled employee may have had something to do with all of this since the worker strike- Maybe doing something to "sabotage" a batch of tires just to cause trouble. I have never had that much trouble and issues with any tires i've ever bought before

[hotrod_chevyz]

Originally Posted by Doc Mavrick

Anyone here repaired a steering column from a 3rd generaton camaro . And would the diagrams beavailable
on the net .I can find them all day long for the chevy s-10
with tilt /Yet this pony has the one airbag and orange &Blk wires and not yellow &Blk as is the s-10 Also in the fuse box, nothing indicating an airbag fuse .Yet it's suggested to remove it & not just the Batt. terminals .Thats why I ask anyone out there accomplish this feat ?

Welcome to the forum. Next time if you could if your having a problem with somthing other than the topic being talked about please post a new seperate thread about it, or see if its already been discussed. This usually get a faster, more accurate response. I believe i recently talked about this very same thing. If you unhook the battery, you shoudnt have to pull a fuse. Click the link in my signature below the picture of my car called "my cars". Go to the very last picture, you will find a third gen steering column exploded view with a parts list and everything. Good luck. and once again welcome.