[s-cars] Steering woes

[Cody Forbes]

Have him get an alignment at a better shop. After an alignment if the steering wheel isn't straight it's the fault of a lazy mechanic. If the steering wheel is initially straight but it's normal position changes then you have additional mechanical faults. A good alignment shop can and will detect if there's something wrong and instead of sending the car away with a crooked steering wheel will tell you why and what needs to be done to rectify it.

As a professional I do from time to time find that when I aligned a car the wheel is slightly off center when I test drive it. When setting tow sometimes the wheel can move a tad and a crooked steering wheel can happen to the best of us. Sometimes you find that your reference point for what straight is wasn't right and while driving the wheel looks off. It's the responsible and honest mechanics that then will pull the car back inside and re-do the alignment to get the steering wheel straight. I'd say 10% of the alignments I've done may require a second setup to get the steering wheel perfect. 

-Cody (mobile)

On Nov 14, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Douglas Landaeta <dlandaeta at gmail.com> wrote:

> From a friend here in the Nashville area:
> 
> "The steering on my S4 seems to be getting worse.  It wanders down the highway and the wheel is slightly left when driving straight.  I bought new tie rod ends.  Then an entire RH tie rod.  That is installed and total toe is 3mm in.
> 
> Do the steering racks on these go bad?  Any ideas on how I can improve the steering weight and feel?
> 
> Any insight is appreciated."
> 
> 
> Sent from my mobile
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