Alignment issues, FYI

Bernie Benz b.benz at charter.net
Wed Oct 17 10:38:58 PDT 2007


Found and corrected the problem of pulling to the right. It was  
caster adjustment, or slop in this adjustment.

In spite of a perfectly symmetrical DYI camber (-0.2deg), zero total  
toe, and chassis centering adjustments, car has pulled right for some  
time now. I had forgotten about my years ago added caster adjustment,  
the slotted holes in the sway bar bushing to sub frame brackets.These  
mounting bolts were not quite tight enough and the brackets had been  
moving on the subframe. Adjusted caster for maximum and equal on both  
sides. Car now tracks absolutely straight.

Caster is a great final tweak adjustment for an otherwise perfect  
alignment.

Bernie



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