Final thoughts before replacing steering rack
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Melting Slicks
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From: Virginia
Yeah the last shop I had it at did the steering angle reset. I did feel better overall and straightened the steering wheel a bit but it didn’t fix the pull issue. I appreciate the help tho
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Melting Slicks
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From: Virginia
Skewing the caster can help.
"Pulls to the side with the least positive caster."
Skewing the camber can help.
"Pulls to the side with the least negative camber."
I'd personally choose the caster spread before the expense (and gamble) of rebuilding the rack. Maybe try 1/2* and see what happens.
Good luck!
"Pulls to the side with the least positive caster."
Skewing the camber can help.
"Pulls to the side with the least negative camber."
I'd personally choose the caster spread before the expense (and gamble) of rebuilding the rack. Maybe try 1/2* and see what happens.
Good luck!
If I didn’t know any better I would say something is bent and causing it to feel like that however I honestly don’t think that’s the case… it just feels that way. The car has never been in an accident and everything visually looks great.
I really don’t wanna mess with the rack so I’ll try the less caster on the driver side and see what happens. Here are the current alignment specs on the car. Set to factory specs. Based on these numbers the steering should not feel different turning left vs right.
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From: Bullhead City, Arizona
How has this project gone? I am ready to begin removal of my steering rack as well but for different reasons. Mine is leaking and I have the "service vehicle soon" message upon start. Pulling the codes show a malfunction in the steering rack. Must be something in the electrical connection. However, the car does not have any steering issues. Just the leak and message. I will send it to Turn One as well.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Virginia
How has this project gone? I am ready to begin removal of my steering rack as well but for different reasons. Mine is leaking and I have the "service vehicle soon" message upon start. Pulling the codes show a malfunction in the steering rack. Must be something in the electrical connection. However, the car does not have any steering issues. Just the leak and message. I will send it to Turn One as well.
Sorry you are having issues with yours but it sounds like it def is the rack tho. I would go with Turn One also because of all the positive feedback I’ve seen about them.
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Melting Slicks
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I get there and first thing I notice is they don’t have one of the big nice electronic alignment machines so I was like um okay….turns out they do manual hand alignments. I told the guy what was up and he swore he would get it driving straight. He started on the rear first and it didn’t take long at all to realize the rear toe was out pretty bad (despite having it aligned two weeks earlier and it showing perfect levels on the machine). Took him maybe 45 mins and now the car drives perfectly straight. My mind is kinda blown right now. Four different shops all showed it being “perfectly aligned” on their machines but never would drive straight.
