Shimmy usually comes from wheel/tire not alignment. I think that's a different issue or it could be some bad wear on 1 or more of your tires that results in both issues.

 

Agreed. This is the first time you mentioned anything about a shimmy

How about we get the whole story up front next time?

 

Nothing has really changed on my wheels and tires, a couple days ago they were perfectly balanced. I'll see if the alignment fixes these issues.

Just visually looking though, seems my right front has a bit more camber than my left front. --car was pulling a bit left, if wheel is centered--

 

Okay, got an alignment done, the settings were off from two weeks ago where I installed the coilovers. Now close to stock specs again. The car feel good again though.

However, the steering wheel is still 1-2 degrees off center. Center position, car will drift a bit to the left.

How can you adjust this, does a deal have to do it?

 

I called the dealer and they said there could be two ways to tweak this:

1) minorly adjust the tie rods
2) take off steering wheel and move one spline over.


I think the tie rod ajustment is easier and safer. thoughts?

 

1 spline on the steering wheel is much greater than 1-2 Degrees. They can recenter the wheel by adjusting the tie rod ends equally.

 

thanks, the tierod end was my choice as well.
Wheel is at 0:05-0:08 when going straight, a minor tie rod tweak should take care of it.

 

I dunno, but every time I get an alignment the last step is centering the steering wheel

 

maybe perhaps to them it might be considered centre. I am a bit more sensitive than the normal person

 

You know mine did that once. I realized that in locking the steering wheel, I would be turning it an appreicable amount after I turned the engine off. After a few of these, my "center" was off by a couple of degrees like you mentioned. Alignment checked out perfect.

So I tried an experiment, where I left the key in the ignition (so it doens't lock the steering), and turned the wheel opposite the rotation the wheel was centered. Naturally the front wheels turned, but I felt something like a little "slip".

I started the car up and drove it. Voila! The center was now really on center. Not sure what to make of it, but I would guess the power steering motor must have had some kind of slip in it.

Bassem