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Posted by mustanggt5091 (Member # 444) on
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has anyone ever had any bad noticeable wheel hop in a fox body????? I was on the freeway today gettin prepared for my bachelor party tonight and down shifted to 3rd and it felt like my rearend was hoppin so bad it wanted to fly out ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
I have the HPM ajustable uppers and solid lowers, drag luanch w/airbag, tokico 5 way drags??????? ohhh and i have street slicks, this has never happed before, and it only happened once, i tried it again to see if i could narrow down where the shaking was coming from exactly but the tires just went up in smoke each time after that like usual, ![[Whoo Whooooo!]](graemlins/woowoo.gif)
for braking loose on the freeway
Posted by 2stang (Member # 4237) on
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maybe that section of the freeway was messed up and bumpy
Posted by illwill510 (Member # 3788) on
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mabe u should get solid spherical rear end bushings 50resto got em for $89
Posted by chosen1 (Member # 1906) on
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Originally posted by mustanggt5091:
has anyone ever had any bad noticeable wheel hop in a fox body????? I was on the freeway today gettin prepared for my bachelor party tonight
maybe gods way of telling you not to get married ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Posted by 5OHS5OH (Member # 4665) on
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Check your driveshaft and rear yolk. If your losing a u-joint it may make the yolk bind up and make the rear end do some crazy stuff. Oh, and smoking the rear tires in third on the freeway, saweeet.
Posted by mustanggt5091 (Member # 444) on
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Originally posted by chosen1:
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Originally posted by mustanggt5091:
has anyone ever had any bad noticeable wheel hop in a fox body????? I was on the freeway today gettin prepared for my bachelor party tonight
maybe gods way of telling you not to get married
hahaha man, when we going ridin???? Ohh and if he was trying to say that I think I would have lost to the vette I was racing Driveshaft is cool, all the bolts are tight. Only happened that one time, weird
Posted by Blue Oval (Member # 2548) on
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are the tourqe boxes welded??
Posted by Black94 5.0 (Member # 655) on
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Originally posted by Blue Oval:
are the tourqe boxes welded??
Exactly, check your torque boxes... ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
Posted by mustanggt5091 (Member # 444) on
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Originally posted by Black94 5.0:
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Originally posted by Blue Oval:
are the tourqe boxes welded??
Exactly, check your torque boxes...
They arent welded but they do have battle boxes in there, waiting on the welding till I can afford the cage/subframes all at once, or have 66 ac cobra do it ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Blue Oval (Member # 2548) on
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well if you have been running sticky tires and say they are probly ripped up.and that would be your problem
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on
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Originally posted by Blue Oval:
well if you have been running sticky tires and say they are probly ripped up.and that would be your problem
there not that sticky, its a 17" hoosier road racing tire, its about as DOT legal as an et street, this one only has two lines though
the car has no grip in first or second so i dont think its the tq boxes
if i weld those boxes can that be ur wedding present
Posted by Quick 88LX (Member # 1950) on
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If it only did it that one time and it has never done it again since, you are fine dude. No problems.
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If you feel it more often after a while, then you may have the same problem that I was having for a while. I couldn't figure it out for the longest damn time until I crawled under the bitch and started wrenching on shit. It turned out to be the upper control arm bolt. It had made its way loose just a bit. So I tightened it back down, checked all the other bolts and made any needed adjustments, put the car down, and went out trying to make her hop around.
Problem 100% solved
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