SpoolinShark

Well Ive noticed this problem for bout the last month or so. Lets say Im driving normally and take a slight right turn, everything is fine and dandy. But as soon as I make a harder right turn, the car seems to "roll". Kinda reminds me of turning with a low tire. Which Ive done before. I checked the obvious like tire pressure and made sure the lugnuts are tight and both are fine. I was under the car yesterday to take a quick peek and didnt notice anything out of the ordinary. Btw wheel bearings are brand new so thats not it either.

Maybe its the ball joint moving around in the control arm(not how its meant to tho, I know it turns, lol), or maybe something else. It jus scares me tho when driving around right turns when its raining. Feels like Im going to wreck. Thats a no no in my book. Tie rod maybe, sway bar? Idk. Any help would be appreciated. It doesnt do it when turning left tho. But maybe Im do for new lower control arms because it sounds like the ball joints "pop" when I go over big bumps and such.

'treezy

DIAGNOSIS:

Get in passenger seat.
Have someone else drive and make the same 'hard' LEFTS.
Determine if car now feels to 'Roll When Turning Left'

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Cars 'roll'. Even when lowered..

koreancorvette01

is the strut bottoming out? is that what your hearing or is it different. Could be a dead strut too. OR a combination of things. Almost sounds like the sway bar but both sides would do the same thing, body roll like crazy.

Stocker

I was thinking sway bar also. Check the bushings. Also +1 for take a ride as a passenger.

UrS0NvS

bad endlinks

Mad_john

weak springs

Stocker

Loose nut behind the steering wheel

majik

^ x2... it's possibly just the nut holding the steering wheel

I was leaning towards a bad strut. Do the bounce test on the fender, compare left and right bounces

SpoolinShark

Well jus did the bounce test on the front struts and all seems to be fine to me. After Im done pushing on the car it returns to normal without bouncing all over the place. I also had a feeling bout bad endlinks. I mean when turning left, slightly, there is no problem. But when you continue to keep turning left but harder it feels like the car kinda sags to the left or so. Im gonna put it up on the lift at my friends house and see if we can see anything out of the ordinary. This only occurs to me when turning sharp lefts, but not right. Also doesnt do it as bad when I have a passenger in the car.

I dont believe the struts to be bottoming out. If had the happen it is completely diff from what Im experiencing.

Stocker

You said it was right turns in the original post. If you cut the wheel hard to one side or the other, an RD platform car will take a pretty dramatic "set" leaning to the side. They do that.