Wheel hop...

[RedRummy]

Sometimes, when I\'m pulling away pretty quickly I get wheel hop where the rear wheels skip up and down while spinning...

Is there anything I can do to the suspension setup or tyres to avoid this?

I\'ve got a brand new set of Tein Super Streets, brand new Eagle F1 tyres and a stock diff.

Are the tyres just too damn sticky ? :chat

[g11ary]

doubt it has anything to do with tires, are your bushes all up to date, or maybe bracing. Have you set up your teins correctly

[gsb876]

Camber ??

[Kash_]

diff brace

[Hayward North]

diff brace

X2 diff brace and tryes make a big differnece

[RedRummy]

doubt it has anything to do with tires, are your bushes all up to date, or maybe bracing. Have you set up your teins correctly

Bushes check out OK i think... just has to replace a few. Not sure if Teins are set up right to be honest.  What is a good setting to have them on?

[RedRummy]

Camber ??

Just had full geometry setup checked... only out by fractions of a millimetre :Thumbs-up

[RedRummy]

diff brace

hmmm, never considered that... would the hopping damage the diff eventually?

might try a diff brace - what other effects would a brace have?

[Kash_]

hmmm, never considered that... would the hopping damage the diff eventually?

might try a diff brace - what other effects would a brace have?

yeah wheel hop will eventually damage your diff because its shaking around... diff brace will eliminate that

[connor66]

Softer rear suspension and lower rear tyre pressures also help eliminate wheel hop

[RedRummy]

strange, don\'t think my Teins are set up that hard at the back.  Hop seems to come more from the left hand side than the right - would this point towards bad bushes?

[BlitzBoy]

What size wheels you use, 18 will tramp more then 17s, yes shagged bushes will cause it to hop, you need to change these otherwise it will be bye bye diff, get a diff brace once you done the bushes

[tinker-27]

change the top rear arm bushes as they have front to back give to allow for rear toe and this makes the most difference (doing all off them is best if you can).

[RedRummy]

wheels are 17", not sure on the state of the bushes (is it only top rear arm bushes affected here?)

will look into getting a diff brace.

thx

[BlitzBoy]

yep defo sounds like ya bushes are shagged, the difference in driving an FD with new bushes is night and day