Steering full lock - violent twitching

[Munson]

My 182 quite often did this, especially when the tyres were worn. If this is the same thing, which I suspect it is, it's the tyres skipping due to poor geometry. Look up 'Ackerman principle'. Sometimes I swear they engineered the 172/182 in a coffee break and, being Renault, they probably did

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_steering_geometry

The intention of Ackermann geometry is to avoid the need for tyres to slip sideways when following the path around a curve.

 

[EX-MX]

I Was going to post the link to Ackerman angle and feel all clever!

I was even going to say that the French probably didnt read this page... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_steering_geometry

I hate to say it but im guessing it really is a problem because the French, just....didnt do anything to sort it.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

My 182 quite often did this, especially when the tyres were worn. If this is the same thing, which I suspect it is, it's the tyres skipping due to poor geometry. Look up 'Ackerman principle'. Sometimes I swear they engineered the 172/182 in a coffee break and, being Renault, they probably did

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_steering_geometry

Bingo - exactly this!

But the tyres are only 4 months old and still have 5-6mm of tread?

 

[Dave.]

Since fitting 15"s with new tyres mine no longer does this!

 

[mark123]

My 172 cup has never done this in 112k miles that I've driven it, but my 182 did it right from the start.

I cured it for a while after getting the tracking done. Back with a vengeance now after a kerb incident ;-)

 

[*Badger*]

Its tyres - As stated earlier in this thread I had this problem, I've now swapped my tyres and the issue has disappeared.

 

[c__w]

My 182 quite often did this, especially when the tyres were worn. If this is the same thing, which I suspect it is, it's the tyres skipping due to poor geometry. Look up 'Ackerman principle'. Sometimes I swear they engineered the 172/182 in a coffee break and, being Renault, they probably did

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_steering_geometry

Not so much "poor" geometry but "compromised" geometry. Using non-RS geometry will probably fix the issue for example.