!!Help!! Steering Gremlin I can't figure out!

[feragoh]

Hi all,

This is my first post on Suzuki-Forums but I'm sure it won't be my last, lol!

I've got a gremlin in my 1992 ChevZuki TracKick (lifted, 31" tires, rear detroit locker) that I just can't find. Last week, after trying to figure it out for weeks on my own, I caved in and brought it to three different garages in town and NONE of them could diagnose my problem, so here it goes, my last life-line...

Here's the scenario:

If I'm driving into a turn, engine engaging the wheels in 2WD with the front hubs unlocked, and I push the clutch pedal in while in mid-turn the Tracker starts to jump/bind and generally not appreciate it until you stop, straighten the wheels again and let the clutch out, re-engaging the engine to the wheels. It only happens when I push the clutch IN during a turn. If I'm coasting through a corner with the clutch in, then let the clutch out to accelerate out of the turn everything is fine.

It almost feels like a damaged transfer case drive chain in 4x4, jumping and binding as it turns, but I'm in 2WD! I can't figure it out for the life of me! Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? I haven't and I've been lifting 4x4's for years. I didn't do this lift, I bought it already lifted. It's got brand new ball joints and wheel bearings in the front.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be? If you need more info about the lift or anything just let me know and I'll see what I can find out from the previous owner.

Thanks all.
Cheers,

Feragoh

[feragoh]

Thanks for the reply, but if that were the case it wouldn't cause these symptom when in 2WD would it?

The wheels would turn the front drivetrain all the way to the transfer case, yes, but nothing after that... 2WD would have disengaged the front drivetrain so it would be free to spin as much as it wanted...

2WD with the hubs locked shouldn't bind, people do it all the time. When anticipating crappy driving conditions it's the only way to be ready for needing 4WD.

Again, thanks for the reply. If you think that's the case could you explain why a bit more?

Cheers,

Feragoh

[feragoh]

I jacked up my front end and the tires spin freely when hubs are unlocked. It doesn't seem to bind in 4wd when offroad.

I'm startting to think it's a rear end thing, not a front end thing... Know anything about detroit lockers? I think it may be causing the binding sensation.

Cheers,

Feragoh

[feragoh]

The one I mentioned in the third line of my original post... :P

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