| Author | Message | ||
| Jerry H (Jerry)
Junior Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 151 Registered: 3-2001 |
James, My 81 308 does the same thing. I thought it was alignment. It is worse on inclines while backing out. My thoughts are that is the wheels are miss aligned it may cause one of the wheels to "skip" slightly in the horizantal plane. Don't know if my theory is correct or not. | ||
| Mike Dawson (Miked)
Junior Member Username: Miked Post Number: 77 Registered: 2-2001 |
Hans, my car has it's original black leather. The PO had the car repainted in the "Boxer" style with the exception that the black paint is gloss instead of flat. IMHO it looks better than the factory flat black. I don't know what the original color was, everything was completely taken apart for the repaint so I haven't found any hidden surfaces with the original paint. I had the entire interior out last year so I have accessed just about every part of the car. It's no wonder that they are known to rust, the inside of the rocker panels and most of the area inside the roof and fenders was just bare metal! Here are some photos of the interior after I sanded and applied some chromate primer.  you can see the frame of the firewall goes almost to the outer skin    Here you can see the square-ish partitioned area that the seatbelt retracter sits in. The round tube is the main frame rail as it comes out from under the inner sill. The green spot is the ground under the car. There is a gap between the frame rail and the fiberglass floorpan that is "sealed" with putty. | ||
| James I. Movich (77_308gt4)
New member Username: 77_308gt4 Post Number: 3 Registered: 2-2003 |
thanks guys i am going to some more investigative work this weekend based on your responses. i really appreciate the help. | ||
| Gerrit Visser (Gerritv)
Junior Member Username: Gerritv Post Number: 165 Registered: 6-2001 |
Hi two possible reasons: 1. there was a Service Bulletin describing removal of some metal from the upper front wishbones. This was to prevent the rim from rubbing on full lock. 2. Tire rubbing on the aluminum baffle in front of the wheel well. I have stock rims (14") with Yokohama AVS tires. Scary the first (or second) you hear it; after that it is avoidable. | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 910 Registered: 4-2002 |
Mike: Just looked at your profile. Yet another red/black car? What color interior? | ||
| Mike Dawson (Miked)
Junior Member Username: Miked Post Number: 76 Registered: 2-2001 |
James, I have 7 x 16 wheels with 205/55-16 tires on the front of my GT4 and they will rub at full lock or even at slightly less than full lock if I encounter a bump. Usually it's the outer shoulder of the tire that rubs the front of the fender liner at a location forward of where the tire would be pointed in the normal "straight ahead" position. This occurs for the right tire/left turn and left tire/right turn. It makes a sound that seems far worse than it actually is. I just adjusted my driving so as not to use full lock but I usually end up rubbing the tire once or twice a year. | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 907 Registered: 4-2002 |
You'll find bushing info in the archives, but it involves removing them, cutting the welds holding the bushings in the A-arms, press in new ones. Some people weld, others say it's not necessary. Reinstall. In total, not trivial, but lots of guys here have done it themselves. I'll probably have a mechanic do it. Maybe. | ||
| James I. Movich (77_308gt4)
New member Username: 77_308gt4 Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2003 |
Sure, love to. i'll send the serial no. to your email. the car is Gold (Boxer trim) and Saddle int. Tires do not seem to be rubbing on anything (or i can find no evidence)in the wells. How large an endeavor is changing the bushings? Do not want any job that needs exotic (expensive) special tools, jigs, machine shop stuff or any like that. | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 898 Registered: 4-2002 |
With 16" wheels some have been reporting rubbing in the fender well with certain tire sizes. I'm still on 14", so don't know personally, but Rob Garven found out the hard way. PS, we're sort of keeping an informal GT4 registry. Given enough time someone (Peter Rychel - are you listening?) may formalize it. Could you give us your Ser #, and possibly a few other details? (color, interior, etc.) | ||
| Tom Bakowsky (Tbakowsky)
Junior Member Username: Tbakowsky Post Number: 218 Registered: 9-2002 |
Check your control arm bushings, both upper and lower. If they are worn out you can get that kind of nosie on tight turns. | ||
| James I. Movich (77_308gt4)
New member Username: 77_308gt4 Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2003 |
i have a problem with the front end binding at near-wheel lock position a sharp turn situations like backing out of spaces in parking lots, turning around in closed spaces, etc. the steering wheel jumps, and there is a loud clunking sound. i have Ferrari 7.00 Jx6 Rims with Yokohama A-008R s - 205/55 ZR16 B rubber. Any thoughts? experience? starting points? i can,t seem to find any "obvious" problems with front end, but have only owned the car for a year and am still learning my way around. |