Problems after massive rear end repair

Anonymous · April 24, 2006, 10:28

Hi all, i recently had the 2 repaired after a rather heavy rear end shunt from a white van man, the garage seems to have done a good job on it, it looks great and everything seems to be in line etc. but the rearend now seems very twitchy, when cornering it seems fine but going in a straight line any pothole, drain cover or lump in the road makes the backend kick out randomly and it very disconcerting. Any ideas what it might be?

The car is a standard 04 Red edition, so its had no mods at all.

kanujunkie · April 24, 2006, 10:34

i'd be getting the suspension laser alignment checked, sounds as though somethings out of alignment

Anonymous · April 24, 2006, 10:36

its supposed to have been 4 wheel aligned before it left the garage

kanujunkie · April 24, 2006, 10:44

yeah but did it check for everything on just the basics?

a full check covers

Tracking
Camber
Castor
Axle alignment

and heres a few more details, just click on wheel alignment on the left

m http://www.alignmycar.co.uk/ m

Anonymous · April 24, 2006, 11:05

don't know about that, i think i'll have to take a trip back to the garage and get them to sort it, cheers for your help

kanujunkie · April 24, 2006, 11:21

no worries and good luck

Anonymous · April 24, 2006, 18:46

Mine did that once when the tyre pressures were too high

markiii · April 24, 2006, 18:56

garage probably has tyre pressures way out

if that checks out I'd agree with stu

post up a schedule of what repairs they did and we can comment if they missed anything

Anonymous · April 25, 2006, 12:09

It's back in the garage today, i took the mechanic out for a spin and he noticed it, he did mention tyre pressues so hopefully they will get to sorted soon.