Front Wheels Skip Slow Speed Turns Topic is solved

[wanderdüne]

Hi, noticing that the front wheels skip when turning at parking lot speeds. Acts kind of like it's a 4 wheel drive. Happens in both directions and is not a result of full steering lock; pump is fine as well. This is on a 2006 XC90 2.5T that I recently bought, doesn't happen on my other ones. Front struts /mounts are dealer new before I bought it. Sway bar links, ball joints and tie rods seem good; very minor cracking in control arm bushes. Any thoughts on what can cause this?

SOLVED: It was the tires; harder compound.

[Masscomguru]

What other ones for comparison?

What type of surfaces? If it’s sand or gravel or wet, this would be normal with tires that do not have great traction. As the turning radius increases the inner and outer wheels spin at different speeds. Typically tires will hold traction and absorb this “pop” or skip but a harder compound with limited traction would break on the surface.

[wanderdüne]

What other ones for comparison?

What type of surfaces? If it’s sand or gravel or wet, this would be normal with tires that do not have great traction. As the turning radius increases the inner and outer wheels spin at different speeds. Typically tires will hold traction and absorb this “pop” or skip but a harder compound with limited traction would break on the surface.

The 2003 XC90 T6 that this one replaces and the 2004 XC90 2.5T FWD that I have as the second car.

Happened on my concrete driveway turning around, has a bit of texture. I'lll try one of my other wheel sets and see if there's a difference. It's on the Big O legacy tours that the XC came with. Pretty new, but maybe a harder compound.

[Masscomguru]

Yeah try that. Both of those other variants wouldn't give the same feel. The FWD isn't locked front to rear when moving so the binding wouldn't be as bad and the T6 was chain driven not gear driven in the angle gear so there would be more slack there.

[adki110]

Check the alignment