since fitting 10 hole wheels and 225/65/15 tyres feels like the car is dancing all over the road, but did not with 14 anch wheels, new shock absorbers all round, it has no anti roll bar at the rear could this be the problem, 1991 lx convertable with 74,000 miles on it.
Well, I'd say either it needs an alignment, or you're just feeling the wider tires catch grooves in the road and get pulled around.
Might actually have a problem. First thing I'd do is carefully inspect eah tire and rim. If you have a bad tire your car may do any number of silly things, including leave the road. Also, check over all areas you put a wrench, rachet, etc. Make sure everything is properly tightened. It may just be the larger wheels though, and your not being used to them.
If you put the wheels on with used tires, and the used tires have a wear pattern, it may have that effect. I got some 10 holes and put them on my 82 in place of some TRX's, that are narrower, and since the tires were worn in the middle previously, when I put in normal air pressure, they seemed to ride on the edges and did want to dart around a bit. More air fixed it mostly. New tires on front might fix it. I just had my 89 2.3 LX aligned, and with the badly worn tires on front, it still pulled to the left. Two hours later with some new 195-75-14s it drives straight as an arrow. My 10 hole installation is on hold for a while.
If the backspacing is different on the new wheels that can change the scrub radius and cause what you're describing.
thanks for the advice, on its second set of tyres, it does not suffer from tyre wear but the tracking has not been checked, will anti roll bar improve the problem or springs?, it seems to be at speeds below 30 mph and feels from driers side rear.
There are alot of things that can cause a pull or float problem. Including but not limited to; 4 wheel alignment, Out of balance wheel, improperly worn tread, suspension damage, weak coil springs, slightly warped axle, Improperly distributed load, Loose front Rotor, Even a bad steering rack. But there's alot more than that. An experienced technician who's driven the vehicle could still have trouble narrowing it down.
when I put my 16"s on my vert with 225/60/16s the first time i went down a bad street it almost changed lanes on me. the wider tires make it ack conpletely different. i got used to it real fast but every time i dont drive it for a few days it takes alittle relearning. give it alittle time then if you still dont think its normal get her looked at
Jack it up and grab the tire/wheel on both sides and try to shake the **** out of it. It could be your tie rod(s). From what I understand, the inners wear out commonly. I need to replace mine as soon as I get it back from being painted.
If all the suspension pieces are OK, then poor tracking is usually caused by an alignment toe-out condition. The wider 10 holes would make it more pronounced. A quick check is to stretch a string from the back to front tire sidewalls. Then you can observe whether you've got toe-in or toe-out. You can even do a quick and dirty wheel alignment using a string......
