weird swaying problem

If the rear is swaying, the problem would be in the rear, not the front. Most likely the rear sway bar.

Thanks for the reply. As per my mechanic the rear sway bar is OK. To add to my post, my car doesnt sway on all roads. I have observed that the swaying is experienced on little uneven roads.

Could the swaying be because of the fact that I replaced just the front struts and not the rear ones...asking this as i sometimes feel that ride is little bumpy and the spring has not settled...but am not sure if thats the case.

i m going to get wheel alignment done tomorrow...if nothing comes out of it, i guess i need to sell the car !!

can anyone give me the wheel alignment settings for 2001 Corolla S ?

Your rear struts could be very bad and not stable.

rollatuner110 said:

Your rear struts could be very bad and not stable.

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Up and down motion of the rear is controlled by the shocks. Even if they are good they could be a lot more worn than the new fronts and causing excessive motion. Especially if its only on uneven pavement.

Otherwise the mechanic must have missed some play in a part of the rear suspension.

Chris Corolla S said:

Up and down motion of the rear is controlled by the shocks. Even if they are good they could be a lot more worn than the new fronts and causing excessive motion. Especially if its only on uneven pavement.

Otherwise the mechanic must have missed some play in a part of the rear suspension.

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by sway i'm relatively sure that he is talking about side to side, which shouldn't have anything to do with the shocks. rollatuner is right, i would start in the back first if you haven't already looked into it. my car has this problem slightly as well, though its never been a critical problem.

981ZZ said:

by sway i'm relatively sure that he is talking about side to side, which shouldn't have anything to do with the shocks.

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When the rear shocks went in my Geo, the back end was everywhere, going over pavement dividers and bouncing all over, which translates to side to side movement. I had a distinct rattling sound in the back too, which turned out to be a sway bar bushing. The two could have been related and teaming up to have the swaying effect, but I doubt it.

981ZZ said:

by sway i'm relatively sure that he is talking about side to side, which shouldn't have anything to do with the shocks.

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I'm not saying it's definitley the shocks, but he said it only hapens on uneven pavement. Hence, one side could hit a bump when the other is flat. Since the shocks damp up and down movement, bad ones will bounce for too long. Do that to one side and not the other, then follow it up with more uneven pavement before the car even recovers from the original bump, and you've got a side-to side and up and down occillation that gets worse untill the pavement smooths or you slow down.
Again, this is just a possibility.