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Old 01-23-2013, 06:49 PM
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Hey how's it going, so I got my alignment everything is squared away. 6.5 caster, -2.5 degrees camber, and 0 toe in front. As I drive I can turn the wheel to the left and leave it, and it will continue to stay left. Feels like there is a bit of resistance when I turn the steering wheel. Any ideas? I don't believe anything is bent, or worn either. It was working fine before I swap my rims.
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caster affects the wheel return, I haven't checked the specs but is your setting within spec ?.
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6.5 is a lot of caster and will slow down the wheel centering.
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its very possible that you have a bent steering rack
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Originally Posted by choleaoum
Hey how's it going, so I got my alignment everything is squared away. 6.5 caster, -2.5 degrees camber, and 0 toe in front. As I drive I can turn the wheel to the left and leave it, and it will continue to stay left. Feels like there is a bit of resistance when I turn the steering wheel. Any ideas? I don't believe anything is bent, or worn either. It was working fine before I swap my rims.
thats alot of caster!
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High caster will SPEED UP the wheel centering, so I assure you 100% caster is not your problem, as long as you say caster is 6.5 degrees on both sides.

If so, then you have an EPS issue. Seen this before first hand.
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if the problem started right after the alignment, then they lost the neutral center of the EPS system.
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It either happened between the front rack bump steer kit, extended ball joint, spc camber arm, and then alignment. I didn't drive my car before any of those modifications to avoid any damage.

As far as a bent rack, I don't drive my car and everything was fine before I did those few mods posted above. And yes, everything is torqued down and tight.

It feels like it's fighting me in every turn.
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I have max caster around 6.8 with 255s square and I have the same centering issue even with my dd wheels with 215/245s. I am thinking of going to around 4.5-5 the next alignment.

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My friends alignment machine must be out of whack lol. It told me to put it at 6.5 and it was the OEM spec.
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