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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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Ok im going to go back to 8.5 and 8.8 cause i like how tight the steering wheel was. Would it be best to have them the same number?
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 06:41 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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good info guys
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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The spec sheet says you got a good alignment. Before taking it back try rotating the front tires. If it pulls the opposite way you have a tire problem. Later! Frank
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Glad you got it right. And thanks to all for the interesting info.
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 03:00 AM
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you can raise the caster back up to where it was, but you will probably still need some cross caster to make the car drive straight (not pull)

if you look at your before specs for front camber and caster you had a cross camber (difference in l/f and r/f camber) of over a degree.

camber pulls positive (to the side that is most positive) in your before specs you had about 1 deg of pos cross camber causing a pull to the left.(to compensate for road crown) and the caster was almost even (8.5 &8.8) so the compensation for road crown was taken care of by the cross camber...

this made the car go straight before, but was bad because camber wears tires...

now after you had your alignment to zo6 specs, the shop adjusted the front camber to where it should be and you lost your cross camber and this is why you have the pull to the right.

you want to leave your camber where it is, but adjust the caster to make the car drive straight and not pull. raising both casters to where it was before, will help give you the steering feel that you want but you will still have the pull that you had before.

I would recommend adjusting the front caster to about 8.5 deg on the right front
amd about 7.5 deg on the left front. this would give you a cross caster of 1 degree.

this would be a good place to start. i would start out with this, and then test drive it and see if it still pulls right, has no pull or pulls left...

its 2 am, i will have to reread this later and see if i made any mistakes.
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Originally Posted by slvrzo6
Looking at your specs I would say they have to Toe the Front wheels in some more, they are just too Parallel. This is probably why your steering wheel is so easy to turn too? Again I'm no Tech, but this is what I would guess.
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glad you got your issue taken care of...
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 11:42 AM
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