Originally posted by UncleFista
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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
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?
At a guess i would say shockers you cant tell by just looking at them also tyres pressures ?
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.
My saab went "flobbery" on high speed bends last year, steering inputs became vague/mushy
That was a bottom ball joint.
"Peugeot 107 odd handling problem. What could it be?"
Its French ?
try the bearings in the rear axle . not the wheel bearings. there are bearings in the axle tube
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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Originally posted by steve m
"Peugeot 107 odd handling problem. What could it be?"
Its French ?
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.
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
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