Wierd Choppy Vibration Whilst Turning Hard

[Nathan]

Right now if I take a right turn and accelerate through it, about mid-way through the turn the left rear of the car starts to jitter as if it is skipping instead of just sliding or something. This doesn't happen if I am not accelerating in a turn. It sometimes happens on left turns as well, but it is harder to do, i.e. requires more acceleration/speed around the corner. And the noise will still be from the same side.

Thanks in advance for any help!

-Nathan

[MrK]

It sounds like your rear-left shock is dead. With the car stationary, push down on that corner and see how many times it oscillates. If more than once, replace rear shocks.

[Nathan]

On the right side, when I pushed down it came up, then went down a little then came to a rest. Is that more than once? The other side (left/drivers) comes up and then to rest.

[Brew]

Check your rear shock mounts, too.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

check the torque on your wheel bolts.

no. seriously.

I didn't, and I lost a wheel

[Eurospec]

Like others have said, it could be a blown shock or a bad rear shock mount... most likely the latter.

[Nathan]

Already checked wheel torque, and I just replaced the rear shock mounts a year ago..~12,000 miles.

Any other ideas?

[HST]

Check your sway bar links, make sure that they are good / conected. My buddies rear driver side sway bar link has a tendency to come disconected, when this happens the rear end won't slide out, it just kinda skips / bounces.

[RobertK]

Yeah... I'm his buddy and I can vouch for that.. since the fucker became disconnected again all it does is vibrate like a bitch when I try to make the rear end break loose.