Steering

Posted on behalf of MichaelSRoss

Sorry if I seem thick, but I can't work out how to post a cry for some advice. I have owned a 300TDI Discovery for about five years now. Love it.

Unhitched a trailer this afternoon having moved a couple of horses. When I drove off the steering seemed a bit odd. I drove gently on, (very quiet all but private lane) The symptoms are. If I have my foot on the accelerator, the car drives straight, no hands on the wheel, perfect. Take my foot off the gas pedal and it feels as though the rear, wants to overtake the front and I have to steer out of the nearside kerb. I am ignorant but old! Could the rear differential have gone?

rear radius arm bushes fooked or bent. or the chassis is twisted??

Pikey said:

rear radius arm bushes fooked or bent. or the chassis is twisted??

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more like you,ve nicked his new poly bush kit

I have the same , well on the gas it steers right off it it steers left, I replaced the radius arm bushes but still the same. Think I might need cranked radius arms as have 2 inch lift So don't know if that caused it or just made it more noticeable. But can live with it just now.
The 2 inch lift I'm my case changed the steering geometry ( castor angle) making steering twitchy. In your case it may be due to towing with old worn suspension may have collapsed the rear a bit and caused similar result.

I had similar problem, check the trailing arm to axle mountings. Mine had corroded and partially sheared, leading to total failure and axle and trailing arm parting ways.