smart51
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 05:53 PM |
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Peugeot 107 odd handling problem. What could it be?
I've had my 107 for nearly 5 years now. Despite being gutless and not nearly as good on petrol as I'd hoped, it always handled well.
Chuck it into a corner and it would just go round. It has recently changed and can best be described as "flobery". Theres a tight right
hand corner on my way home that was always good fun but now the car behaves strangely. The rear rolls quite slowly then it goes quite slack and
yaws. It feels bad. On a straight empty road if you turn the wheel an eighth of a turn then back to the straight ahead, a similar thing happens. It
used to just turn a bit and then go straight ahead again. No drama or fuss.
I've looked underneath it and everything looks straight and undamaged. The bushes and dampers look fine. Its even surprisingly clean. The
tyres are fine and everything's OK. What should I look for next?
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jacko
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 06:07 PM |
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At a guess i would say shockers you cant tell by just looking at them also tyres pressures ?
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 06:08 PM |
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Sounds like bushes to me. Without getting it up on a high ramp and levering the wheels they can be very hard to spot. That's my 2p worth
anyway.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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T66
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 06:12 PM |
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My saab went "flobbery" on high speed bends last year, steering inputs became vague/mushy
That was a bottom ball joint.
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steve m
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 06:18 PM |
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"Peugeot 107 odd handling problem. What could it be?"
Its French ?
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JAMSTER
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 06:30 PM |
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try the bearings in the rear axle . not the wheel bearings. there are bearings in the axle tube
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smart51
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 06:45 PM |
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The axle tube is mounted on very large bushes. I guess it could be that. They where the only bushes that couldn't really be seen. If the rear
beam is moving under load it could well produce the problem I'm feeling. Everything looked fine but as I had the car on ramps, one end at a
time, I couldn't really pull and push the wheels at all. Perhaps I need to get the garage to look at it.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 07:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
"Peugeot 107 odd handling problem. What could it be?"
Its French ?
Yeah, cos small french hatchbacks are renowned for their poor handling 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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pgtips
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 07:42 PM |
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Check your coil springs. We have seeing lot's of cars for the last few years with the top or bottom part of the spring broken........ just a
ring missing and you wound even know about it..
The only way to find out is jack it up and have close look on both ends of your springs.
If I die, my biggest fear is that my wife sells all my toys for the price I told her I bought them for...
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pgtips
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| posted on 28/2/11 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by UncleFista
quote:
Originally posted by steve m
"Peugeot 107 odd handling problem. What could it be?"
Its French ?
Yeah, cos small french hatchbacks are renowned for their poor handling
Oh yea, few years a go I had a nice hot little 106 GTI......... The handling on that was rubbish  .
If I die, my biggest fear is that my wife sells all my toys for the price I told her I bought them for...
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