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| Joined: May 20th, 2005 Last Online: May 5th, 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 15
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | I got a white 5dr golf gti recently. Was on a empty wet road yesterday, so for the fun of it, i floored the throttle when moving off. The front wheels had a bit of a spin, but then the front started to have like some really hard knocks before the wheels regained traction. It didn't feel that good for the car. I'm not quite sure whether it was the suspension or anything. Does anybody have any idea what those hard knocks were? i would really really like to know. Abit worried for my car here . |
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| Politically Charged Joined: Mar 23rd, 2005 Last Online: 03:42 AM Posts: 3,610
Rep Power: 28 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I'm assuming it had something to do with traction control (ASR?)
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| "bangle for president" | driving shaft with some play? or what a friend had on his MKII, the point where the top of the suspensions is botled to the frame (under the hood, where the roll bar is connected to), the metal plate was rust away, and the spring could jump from left to right, to front to back still don't understand how that never popped through the hood, ended up a few times backwards because of that, and also gave loud bang each time it changed
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| Joined: Sep 12th, 2004 Last Online: 07:36 AM Location: Finland Age: 29 Posts: 1,230
Car: Opel Astra / Suzuki VX800 Rep Power: 19 ![]() | Shock absorbers gone? When the wheel spins it "goes up" when it achieves some grip, normally the shocks keep the wheel to the ground but if they've gone then that COULD be at least a part of the cause... Dunno though |
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| Joined: May 20th, 2005 Last Online: May 5th, 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 15
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | mmap, could the wheel "go up" what high to hit the shocks that hard? |
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| Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: October 19th, 2007 Location: ohio, usa Posts: 1,247
Car: 240, audi 5000, soon to be 240#2 Rep Power: 0 ![]() | wheel hop.... common with independant suspension
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| Joined: May 20th, 2005 Last Online: May 5th, 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 15
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | oh ok, and i assume that's not very good for the suspension... |
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| Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: October 19th, 2007 Location: ohio, usa Posts: 1,247
Car: 240, audi 5000, soon to be 240#2 Rep Power: 0 ![]() | its about as bad as hitting a pothole so no its not too bad but wheelhop prevents fast acceleration.
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| yep, every front drive car gets it, comes from not having the weight over the driving wheels. If i get too excited in my Prelude, i get it. It's not just the Golf, it's all front drivers with independant suspension.
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| Joined: May 20th, 2005 Last Online: May 5th, 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 15
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | oh ok. thanks alot guys, was quite worried about that. |
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| Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: October 19th, 2007 Location: ohio, usa Posts: 1,247
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| well it's more prevalent on front drivers then...
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| Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: 08:20 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,354
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| Joined: Mar 16th, 2005 Last Online: December 28th, 2007 Location: Philadelphia, USA Age: 28 Posts: 1,043
Car: 911, 328i, Golf, '71 Vespa Sprint Rep Power: 0 ![]() | Quote:
in a rwd, acceleration will cause the weight to shift back, compressing/loading the rear suspension, so when the tires finally catch the compressed suspension doesnt allow the wheels to hop. this is the reason you dont lift in a turn with a r/r car like a 911. you go into a turn with the suspension already compressed, weight back, and when you turn the weight shifts, decreasing grip in the back and causing the rear to swing out in front of you-if it starts to happen, you hit the throttle (as odd as it sounds) to balance out the weight and reload the suspension. some 911 drivers instincts are to hit the brake even more, which simply shifts even more weight to the front, and creates even less traction on the drive wheels. | |
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| in an ideal world 'hitting' the throttle would be the answer to sliding in a rear drive car, but traction is the other big problem. Instead, you're better off to graduly apply the throttle so as to shift the weight to the rear, yet not increasing the wheelspin which will make the slide worse.
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| Joined: Mar 16th, 2005 Last Online: December 28th, 2007 Location: Philadelphia, USA Age: 28 Posts: 1,043
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