Loose tie rod ......any effect?

[LuckyP]

Whoops!! I meant drop links!!!

Had a fantastic time today in some excellent close quarter MT2 racing at Brands.

Qualied at 59.13 but then after this the was a clunking sound from the front end and the times in heats and finals never ducked below 1.00.00.

Honestly I expect it to be an issue with the loose nut be hind the wheel . But one of the chaps went straight to the car, under the right hand front and moved the drop links back and forth, replicating the clunk. He took the nylock off with his fingies.

What would the effect have been. Or do I need to refer to the racing driver's excuse manual???

Interested to know.

Pete

Edited by LuckyP on Sunday 26th April 01:03

[RenesisEvo]

If you mean the anti-roll bar drop link, then the anti-roll bar would not have been working properly at the front. This would give you less roll stiffness, which would shift the balance of grip towards the rear (i.e. more understeer), as you would have been experiencing more weight transfer across the front axle (a bad thing). That's just theory though, I can't say for sure what would truly be occuring.

Hope you enjoyed yourself either way

[LS7TANGO]

Probably had the effect of making you run wide into Druids allowing your team mate to pass you up the inside

[LuckyP]

LS7TANGO said:

Probably had the effect of making you run wide into Druids allowing your team mate to pass you up the inside

Yes that's probably it!! He-he!!

[LuckyP]

RenesisEvo said:

If you mean the anti-roll bar drop link, then the anti-roll bar would not have been working properly at the front. This would give you less roll stiffness, which would shift the balance of grip towards the rear (i.e. more understeer), as you would have been experiencing more weight transfer across the front axle (a bad thing). That's just theory though, I can't say for sure what would truly be occuring.

Hope you enjoyed yourself either way

Enjoyed, yes. But still puzzled. Would it not promote oversteer as the as it would be the same as making the rear ARB stiffer, or the front, softer?

Pete

[egomeister]

I would have thought it would cause instability during turn in as the slack is taken up in the ARB.

[Kozy]

LuckyP said:

Enjoyed, yes. But still puzzled. Would it not promote oversteer as the as it would be the same as making the rear ARB stiffer, or the front, softer?

Pete

This is what happened on my road car when I broke a front droplink. Rear end got a bit lively in the rain, even in a FWD car.

[RenesisEvo]

Kozy said:

LuckyP said:

Enjoyed, yes. But still puzzled. Would it not promote oversteer as the as it would be the same as making the rear ARB stiffer, or the front, softer?

Pete

This is what happened on my road car when I broke a front droplink. Rear end got a bit lively in the rain, even in a FWD car.

Could well be I've just got myself mixed up a little! Now I think about it, oversteer probably is more likely.