Rear End Play.

[nicr4wks]

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to track down why my 33 has excessive rear-end play and looking for some advice of what to check next.

When driving down a straight road, hitting a pothole/bump with the rear left tyre will cause the rear of the car to pull accross the road.

When taking tightish left turns at speed the rear will start to shudder and it feels/sounds as though the tyre is wobbling or skipping accross the road.

When jacked up I can rock the wheel and there is about 2-3mm of horizontal play, looking from under the car the entire knuckle is moving not just the wheel. However when driving it feels like a lot more than just 2mm of play.

All the nuts and bolts are tight, I've recently replaced the rear right bearing and have no movement in that wheel by hand.

My stock suspension had stuffed rear shocks, so I've replaced them with better condition stock suspension about 3 months a go.

HICAS is currently disabled due to steering angle sensor (steering wheel not perfectly straight)

I'm thinking it could possibly be HICAS ball joints, or play in the hicas rack, but I'm not sure how to diagnose if they are worn.

Thanks for any input!

[GTSBoy]

Those HICAS components, plus each and every bush in the rear suspension, including subframe bushes, would be where you should look.