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Old 10-12-2007, 06:17 PM
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Default Steering not returning to centre after a turn, (now with Pics)

As the title suggests, I'm having some problems with my steering set-up.

My main concern is that the wheels don't return to centre after a turn. Secondary to this, the car seems "twitchy" while driving on normal roads. It's not bad at all but it's just a "feeling" I get....

With my limited alignment experience here is what I have done:

Toe: Toe'd in front by 1/8 inch. Rear seemed very close to zero so I left it alone. (This of course is just done to the best of my ability on the hoist at home, I don't actually have any speacialist aligning gear!)

Camber: Looks like about 2 - 2.5 degrees on the front and 1 - 1.5 on the rear. I haven't touched it at all but would like to get the rear close to zero. (I know how to adjust these I just haven't done it yet)

Castor: This is where I'm lost. I can see shims in the top arms (quite a few, in front of the balljoint) which appear to give some negative castor. I thought I actually wanted a few degrees of negative castor??

I understand that castor is a major factor in the stability (tracking) of the car AND affects the self returning steering factor as well.

Can anyone offer some advice or previous experience here???
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