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Pulling to the right on accleration only

Old Oct 17, 2017 | 07:54 PM
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Pulling to the right on accleration only

Like the title says, my car has recently started pulling to the right, only, when accelerating. It's a very snappy pull and as soon as I let off the throttle, the car snaps back to "straight". I am guessing its the diff, but what I am open to ideas.
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Old Oct 17, 2017 | 09:29 PM
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Oh and all tires have even wear and equal tire pressure.
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Old Oct 18, 2017 | 05:20 AM
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Motor mount
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Old Oct 18, 2017 | 04:09 PM
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Oh that sucks. Anyway I can check to be sure? On my g35 I could hear a knocking noise when going over speed bumps. No noises in this car.
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Old Oct 18, 2017 | 06:29 PM
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Well I just went out and gave the motor a good shake. Nothing is moving and there is no noise. I’m not sure it’s the motor mounts.
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Old Oct 18, 2017 | 08:54 PM
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If it were FWD, I'd guess a motor mount as well but in this case, rear diff bushing or trans mount maybe. Could be a bad tie rod too, I'm reaching here though.
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Old Oct 18, 2017 | 09:10 PM
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I think its the diff bushing.... again... look for the split in the diff bushing.




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Old Oct 20, 2017 | 12:25 PM
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yeah, that could be it but it seems so minor. Didn't you already tackle that once before?
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Old Oct 20, 2017 | 02:51 PM
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yeah, that could be it but it seems so minor. Didn't you already tackle that once before?
Yeah this is the second super blue diff bushing. I ordered z1’s polybushing. It’s coming in tomorrow. I’m having similar issues as I did before. I just didn’t dream I would be replacing it again. When taking off at a green light I get a lot of vibration.
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