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Well, lots of interesting developments since yesterday.
I took a trip to New Orleans, yawing all the way. On the way back, we hit a big pothole (in Louisiana? go figure), and it felt like the rear end came out. The yaw was dangerous at this point. So we pulled over to discover that the bolt going thru the bottom of the right rear coilover (into the live axle) had sheared off and rattled away. I had used a single grade 8 bolt thru the lower eye hole. After towing her home, I went to the u-pull-it and got the two brackets that go on the '94 rear end that mount the stock shocks. These put a bolt in double-shear with no chance of any bending loads. I drove her today, and halehluyah! all of the bump-steer went away! So it was rear-end compliance that was causing it all along.
Anyway, thought you might like to know, that the rear live-axle can cause a bump-steer effect if there is any compliance in the bushings, brackets, etc.
Darren
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