Steering

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 30, 11 7:13 pm

OK I want to drive my car but its not a pleasant experience......its heave all over the road has alot of bump steer and tracks the faintest lines and its worse in the wet...

Manual Steering

now I think that alot of it was the Tyre pressure and may be that 235/60 15's are a little wide perhaps

The front end was jacked up for some reason but I have brought the height down as per the manual and put in more caster to help it centralize but now as we know there is to much camber!

The other odd thing is when under the car the track rod arms are at very different angles as if the steering box drop link and the idler drop link goose necks are very different by about an inch so the angles are about 15 degrees on the drivers side and 25 or more degrees on the passengers side
Could it be that the Idler is the wrong one as the goose neck looks at least an inch different in its drop???

Any help please

Thanks

Kevin

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Jun 30, 11 7:57 pm

Sounds like one or other is wrong, the centre link should be sitting parallel to the ground. The centre link also needs to centralized so that the track rods themselves are not different lengths. If the back of the car is raised at all, don't expect to get much if any caster whilst keeping the camber correct. Moog offset A arm bushes are the easiest way to sort it.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 30, 11 8:41 pm

Hi Blue
The car was lowered at the back 4 inches and raised at the front 3 inches but now its stock or close too.
The center link, I don't think it was level but I'd need to check I don't think it was as the drop on the idler was defiantly not as much as the steering box but I'll check it on Monday.

Thanks

Kevin