Steering wanders
04-02-2007, 11:46 AM
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I had this EXACT same issue and our cars are at about the same mileage. What you will find is that there is no one reason/fix.
I do agree that your front camber is a little low. I think most run in the -1 to -1.5 range for street.
However, it also could be your roads and the tires you use. On smooth/new hwy, my front end is straight as an arrow. On old interstate roads, old contry roads, it tracks left and right following the grooves of the road-a symptom of wide tires that is hard to avoid on uneven surfaces.
I do agree that your front camber is a little low. I think most run in the -1 to -1.5 range for street.
However, it also could be your roads and the tires you use. On smooth/new hwy, my front end is straight as an arrow. On old interstate roads, old contry roads, it tracks left and right following the grooves of the road-a symptom of wide tires that is hard to avoid on uneven surfaces.
04-02-2007, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by chris walrod
or control arm bushings - another sign of bad control arm bushings is intermittent steering wheel wobble.
worse under braking?
04-02-2007, 04:43 PM
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This is a year-old thread but since it popped back up I can update with what I changed that made my problem better: Switched from 17" stock wheels with (new) Michelin PS "rib" to 18" hollow spokes with new Michelin PS 2. Touched nothing else. Tramlining and wandering is (almost) completely eliminated. Still plan to do the tie rod inner and outers, though. They're 10 years old.
04-02-2007, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. No
Hmm. Sounds familiar
worse under braking?
worse under braking?
Braking exacerbates the problem as with these bushings in shear, body with inertia forward and brakes pulling aft, control arm is the middle man
