Car swerves while braking

[sittinSidewayz]

Hi I recently put on a set of 17" G-games 77's. I haven't gotten them aligned or anything yet. But anyway I was driving about 95 or 100 mph yesterday and when I hit the brakes, not even that hard, the car just started swerving around. Also, even if im on the highway and doing 65 or 70, it swerves a lot if I hit it hard enough. Whats the reason?

[sittinSidewayz]

no responses? did ask a dumb question or something? ALSO my car's steering wheel shakes at 80+. Alignment problem?

[EMSRacerCeli03]

yeah sounds like wheels arent balanced or aligned

[jtweezy]

yep alignment

[CalPencil]

Well, if you installed them yourself, you could easily have put the front brakes in upside-down... also, wheels need to be balanced and aligned. Not only that, my car drifted to one side when I didn't have all my wheels inflated to the correct pressure.

Remember, cold inflate (no driving, early morning; using a home air compressor) to 35PSI is important for traction, stability, and fuel economy.

All of these things said are common sense things with regards to the wheels, that's why your original post was not answered. In fact, you answered your own question when you said that you didn't get them aligned.

[2way]

Hi I recently put on a set of 17" G-games 77's. I haven't gotten them aligned or anything yet. But anyway I was driving about 95 or 100 mph yesterday and when I hit the brakes, not even that hard, the car just started swerving around. Also, even if im on the highway and doing 65 or 70, it swerves a lot if I hit it hard enough. Whats the reason?Natural selection.

[sittinSidewayz]

Natural selection.

cool

[dead_star04]

get the wheels checked for being out of balance. also get the thing aligned, cant stress that enough. they already said tire pressure, but also have the people doing the alignment check the brakes and rotors. it could also be a strut thats dead; happened to my girlfriends honda. also, dont speed around us

[Kangaruu]

I don't think misalignment would cause the car to swerve only when the brakes are being applied.

The shaking at 80mph is caused by the wheels not being balanced.

For the swerving I would check out the brakes. Maybe one side is worn out so it's not gripping as hard as the other side that's not worn out, which will cause the car to swerve. Or maybe you have a bubble in the brake lines in one side.

If your alignment is off then the car would drift to one side or another during regular driving, not necessarily only when the brakes are being applied.

[horizontaltonto]

You can check your wheel bearings too. This can be the sole reason that your car moves right or left without your doings.

[rotchcrocket04]

Natural selection.

:chuckles:




Get the wheels/tires balanced. You could have your alignment checked, especially if it hasn't been done for awhile (or if you're lowered).

Wheel bearings usually make noise when they go bad. Though every situation can be different.

[cmoebutt6969]

mine not that bad, but when i brake the car pulls to one side a little,

and i notice that dumps in the road make the car pull/moves alot.

[ikhaffaji]

This is a long shot, but maybe one of your brake calipers has seized? I know that if it has, your car will pull to one side while braking.