Camaro wobbles down the road

Tametheflame · 11-15-2017, 04:13 PM

About two weeks ago I spun out in the rain heading on the freeway going about 15 mph. My back end got out from under me and as I corrected it the back right rim hit a guard rail. It turns out my front left rim had cracked because it hit a pothole at the same time. I got a new rim and balanced it by a shop, but it still needs an alignment as the steering wheel is at a 45 degree turn in order for the car to go straight. Now I’ve ridden without an alignment before, and I am scheduled to get alignment within two days, but driving feels different. The car is pretty wobbly going down a straight road and any minor steering wheel movement results in me having to correct it immediately before I go into another lane. Imagine a drunk driver trying to stay between the lines. The back end feels to be trying to get ahead of the front, and service stabilitrek comes on after about a 10 minute drive. Any ideas on what could be the culprit? Maybe the alignment will fix all of this?

Generallee0179 · 11-15-2017, 04:53 PM

Depending on how hard you hit the rail, you may have damaged or bent the lower control arm.

wwiiavfan · 11-15-2017, 05:08 PM

Yup, don’t bother with the alignment until you find & replace what you bent.

11-15-2017, 04:13 PM	#1
Tametheflame Drives: Black Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Little Rock Posts: 16	Camaro wobbles down the road About two weeks ago I spun out in the rain heading on the freeway going about 15 mph. My back end got out from under me and as I corrected it the back right rim hit a guard rail. It turns out my front left rim had cracked because it hit a pothole at the same time. I got a new rim and balanced it by a shop, but it still needs an alignment as the steering wheel is at a 45 degree turn in order for the car to go straight. Now I’ve ridden without an alignment before, and I am scheduled to get alignment within two days, but driving feels different. The car is pretty wobbly going down a straight road and any minor steering wheel movement results in me having to correct it immediately before I go into another lane. Imagine a drunk driver trying to stay between the lines. The back end feels to be trying to get ahead of the front, and service stabilitrek comes on after about a 10 minute drive. Any ideas on what could be the culprit? Maybe the alignment will fix all of this?

11-15-2017, 04:53 PM	#2
Generallee0179 Drives: 2017 SS Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Texas Posts: 19	Depending on how hard you hit the rail, you may have damaged or bent the lower control arm.

11-15-2017, 05:08 PM	#3
wwiiavfan Drives: 2017 1SS Hyper Blue Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 478	Yup, don’t bother with the alignment until you find & replace what you bent.

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