drive train

[milehighbear]

i have a 93 festiva L, 5 speed tranny, 2 door, live in Brighton, CO. Here is my problem. When im driving the car, it seems like one of the front wheels grabs more than the other when i am accelerating. This causes the car to sway a little. Now it didnt do this before. I changed the front struts out about 6 months ago. For awhile, the springs seemed to like bang a little when i accelerated quickly. Is there a certain way that the spring should be set in the base. It is not popping now but now i have the sway, any suggestions would be helpful. you can email me at tthomll@comcast.net too with any suggestions

[freshtiva]

How are your sway bar bushings ?

[worfdog]

low air pressure in that tire ,brake drag, or wheel bearings going bad.

[milehighbear]

drive train

ty, ill check these out

[milehighbear]

ty for your feedback for the ones that did. I replaced the rotors, calipers, bearings, control arm bushings, and sway bar bushings and the car is driving like a new car. Took all the sway out of it

[miami man]

it is nice to be able to do your own work. just think how much the labor cost would have been to do all of that at a garage!

[Levitan]

ty for your feedback for the ones that did. I replaced the rotors, calipers, bearings, control arm bushings, and sway bar bushings and the car is driving like a new car. Took all the sway out of it

I am curious about your antisway bar bushings. Did you replace the bushings in the front under the radiator or the ones that are on the ends in the control arms or both? If you did the front bushings, I was wondering what you used?

[jglutz]

^^Good question....on mine...1992L, 146K....front ruber is in good condition.....controll arm rubber is a little dry rotted....however; the sway bar at the control arm is rusted a little thin.
Have all new ready for install with struts and drive shafts.

[milehighbear]

the front bushings under the radiator were in good condition. I replaced the bushings that go into the control arm, they are the ones that get the most action going around corners.. And yes, it was nice being able to do my own work, im 60 and still loving it. Im going to start on the rear end here shortly and also do motor mounts. I have fun working on my festiva. If you look at my picture in gallery, you will see i cut hatchback off and made a small truck out of it. May even put a sunroof in it or just cut top off and build me a portable one. As my kids say I LOVE TO CUSTOMIZE