Starfury, 100% of my suspension has been replaced, all bushings are Midolyle (wanted to avoid the Poly squeek). i converted from drum to disk with the CSRP kit. Every Nut and bolt was also replaced and properly torqued. Alignmet was done by a trusted shop i send my wife and 18YO daughter with out me, been dealing with them for years and they also do some awsome resto work on other classics.

any ideas? i hope to be on the road again in April, so i am thinking about this once again.

 

Mort, an lignment shop won't tell you anything about bump steer unless they have the equipment, know how to use it, and are asked (paid). Your alignment could be perfect and all suspension components perfect and you can still have severe bump steer. It is a factor of steering alignment through out the dynamic movement of the wheel from full droop to full compression, not the static measure of alignment at ride height. Your description sounds like bump steer if everything else is truly correct, but the only way to know for sure is to measure it and the only way to set up any bump steer kit correctly is to measure it.

 

I use the Baer kit. It worked for me well, and I sure as heck needed it with my stock spindles and stock stock upper and lowers with the upper only lowered an inch.

The wider the tires you use and the shorter/less flexible the sidewall is the worse the problem becomes EVEN ON A COMPLETELY STOCK MUSTANG.

So I'm with you, if you have all new stuff and you are still suffering from a problem, a bump steer kit is a good addition, however, I would always check my alignment first and make sure I have proper specs with good toe because without at least 1/8 you can get a pretty severe wandering feeling.

 

I still don't think he should have bump steer issues with only a 1" coil drop (unless it ended up being more than 1", which wouldn't suprise me). I have basically zero bump steer with a 1" drop and Shelby drop. Which CSRP kit did you use? The Mustang or Granada? What are your alignment specs?

Also, you said it's pulling when braking. That's what made me think of strut rod bushings. If the bushings are new and tight, you've got something else going on.

 

You know, Tad, his wheel bearings could be too loose also. The combination of darting during suspension loading and pulling when braking is not bump steer by itself. Strut rod bushings, loose wheel bearings, shot idler arm, etc. could all cause this.

 

Good point. Ruled out idler arm (said he replaced everything), but wheel bearings are a good possibility.