2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42
The car's anti-roll bar is a suspension element. It serves to reduce the roll of the car when cornering, which ultimately affects safety, handling and a more gentle use of both the suspension and all spare parts in general. There is also an anti-roll bar, which is under significant stress, which is why it has to be replaced frequently. According to their design features, these elements are asymmetrical, suitable only for one side of the suspension (right or left), and symmetrical, applied simultaneously to both sides. In addition, the difference may lie in their location, as well as in linear dimensions, which are measured between the centers of the semiaxes.
Signs of malfunction
The reasons that cause struts and other suspension parts to fail are always obvious. The main one is the poor quality of roads, whichcan destroy devices even from the most famous manufacturers. But the following symptoms are also characteristic of problems with bushings, so an additional independent test is required or the car is sent to a service where specialists will perform professional diagnostics.
Symptoms of emerging problems:
- the car sways when braking and cornering;
- increased car roll;
- movement becomes unstable and there is a drift to the side.
How to spot rack problems
The wheels must be turned as far as possible to the left and right. In the wheel tire, after that, you need to grab the rack with your hand. After vigorous movements with the application of maximum force, pull it in different directions. When knocks, backlashes appear, it is safe to say that something is clearly wrong with the rack. It must be taken into account that the loads that fall on it are much higher when the car is moving than when tested by hand. Therefore, any slightest deviation from the norm indicates that the stabilizer link needs to be replaced.
The second method requires a pit. The lower nut is unscrewed and the rack is released. The part is then checked in various directions. If the hinges move almost without resistance, freely, and knocks are heard, this means that the stabilizer link must be replaced. The second part can be checked without loosening the nut. For this carswings by the anti-roll bar in a vertical plane. If a characteristic knock is heard, then it must be replaced.
The stabilizer link can be checked by another method that requires a hole and an assistant. One person swings the car in a horizontal plane, and the other is in the pit and keeps his finger attached to the hinge. In this case, the stabilizer link is checked not by sound, but by touch.
It is necessary to understand that any problems regarding the suspension can lead to sad consequences. If the diagnosis is not carried out in time, and the front or rear stabilizer link is faulty, then various situations on the road are possible, including an accident.
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