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- From: jbm@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jeffrey Mulligan)
- Subject: Re: Steering wheel angle
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.230852.21280@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
- References: <ALAVIGNE.93Jan11154948@bmerh930.bnr.ca> <1993Jan12.134513.19849@wyvern.twuug.com>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:08:52 GMT
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- stangler@wyvern.twuug.com (Tom Stangler) writes:
-
- >Andrew Lavigne (alavigne@bmerh930.bnr.ca) wrote:
-
- >: Anyone out there know if it is possible to have the steering wheel angle
- >: changed without an alignment?? The car still tracks perfectly; it doesn't
- >: pull off to the side.
-
- >Yes they can be "off center". Roads have "crowns" on them, and sometimes to
- >make the car go straight, you must turn the wheel a bit. Also, worn bushings
- >could require you to take up the slack in the steering by cocking the wheel.
- > I'd hate to think the steering rack is so worn that the gears
- >"jumped" a tooth, or that the splines in the column did the same.
-
- >Check for slop in the steering system.
-
- Also, if someone besides you took the car for a drive they could
- have hit a curb or something and bent a tie rod on one side. If
- it's not to bad this could be fixed by realigning.
-
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- Jeff Mulligan (jbm@vision.arc.nasa.gov)
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