Has anyone experienced a problem with the sub-frame becomming loose and causes the car to "wander" around on the road and when you accelerate out of a turn on an uneven surface the front end sounds like it is falling out. The dealer tightened it up and it helped for a little while but it is loose again after a few hundred miles. Any suggestions?

 

This is a new one for me. Did this all begin to happen sometime after a clutch job? They may not have lifted the engine cradle to the proper place and secured it.

 

My sub-frame bolts on the driver side were loose as a goose and would also make the car "wander" a bit. Never noticed that on my friends S. That's how I got it from the factory. When I went to take the front subframe off to pull the engine out, the bolts on the driver side could be removed by hand while the passenger side took a bit more work.

I also found a nut lodged in between my top A/C compressor mount and a piece of a wrapper (japanese writing) under the passenger side engine mount.

I really wonder what else I can find while taking things off.

 

The clutch was replaced before I purchased the car. Would the dealer have picked up on the engine cradle position when they were tightening everything up? The rack and pinion was loose as well. Not sure if that points to anything. Think an aftermarket brace would help?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnnyhfm1
The clutch was replaced before I purchased the car.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnnyhfm1
The clutch was replaced before I purchased the car.