Do you guys have any suggestions? I was driving to work today in my 2002 xtype 3.0 manual. there was about 1-3 inches of fresh snow on the ground. when I was driving it seemed like the rear end wanted to go back and forth and jump around. I just replaced the rear left(drivers) caliper about three weeks ago. other than that i replaced the rear brakes a month ago. on my way home today the roads were fine my the rear end still seems a little squirrelly.

Let Me know your ideas


Thanks

Morgan

 

How's the alignment on that rear end? When my rear control arm bushings were worn and resulted in a fair amount of negative camber, I noticed the squirrely rear end too.

 

Try one of those , see if one of those brake rotors are warm.

You might have one of the brakes dragging a bit. In the snow, it might not take much to make things feel unstable.

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I am gonna start working on it today. I will let you know what I find out.

 

captainmph, what did you find out? I'm curious as mine is doing the same thing.

Thanks

 

It ended up being multiple control arms in the rear end. I replaced three of them and then I got an alignment from the ford dealer. It's back to going straight down the road and not jumping everywhere. Beware. The control arms can add up in price but I found two on eBay and one on I think parts giant(pretty sure it was them).

Good luck. Hollar at me if u need any more info

Morgan