If you dropped weight in front and added weight in the rear. The front suspension is close to full extension (droop) This puts the steering linkage in a bind situation making it harder to turn the wheels. Drag racer whos' cars pull the wheels off the ground will chain (travel limiters)the lower controll arms so the front suspension does not fully extend/relax once the wheels leave the ground. This allowes the car to maintain good handeling/steering once the front comes back down to earth. Get your front end down to normal ride height and the problem will go away....
but me and my dad put the car up on stands and ran the car thouugh the full suspension cycle and it didn't lock up, and the car is 100% rust free
Haha, i wish. im just gonna lower the front down and see what happens. ive been meaning to do that for the longest time
Post some pictures of how high you have it raised up. You need to figure this out. Sounds very dangerous.
Is it a manual trans with a column shift? Brake stand the car with the hood up and see if the engine jumps around.
i am 100% sure its not the engine moving around, the car was on a jack and the tires are on the ground and holding weight, i think its just that the maverick wasn't designed to run with the suspension that high and something is binding. problem is, my dad wont let me cut the front coils EVEN THOUGH i can get 3more sets from the junkyard for less than $5 a set. so the maverick isn't going anywhere any time soon because its to dangerous to drive.
I don't have any pics at the moment, but the rear tire sits an inch up in the wheel well and the front has about 3 inches of space before it disappears. i don't really know how to explain it.
Why would you have your car set up like that? It's no wonder it's a danger to drive, it's not designed to be like that.....
i didnt intend on having it like that, it just sorta happened. iv been trying to fix it but there have been "problems"
this was the night i brought the car home for the first time. it sits an inch or so lower in the back and an inch or so higher in the front.
You should re-arch...Or replace the rear leafs (Its common for em to sag with age) Also...I would recommend you check the steering box, be certain it is still firmly attached to the frame rail...Check the rag joint where the column meets the steering box also...They do deterriorate with age and will cause binding...Good luck!!!
i was gonna go that mad max e150 van leaf conversion in another section of this forum, im just to lazy to go digging through junkyards, especially in the summer. the steering box is fine but il check that rag joint. dont know anything about that. thanks!!
