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Wandering steering
Matt S Offline
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#1
My steering has always felt to me to really grab everyhing on the road. It's always felt a bit loose/wandering, even after replacing the rack and all PST bushings. When it was aligned after I did the work they said it was solid, and I think they set toe in at 0 or close to it. Something about the factory specs were pretty neutral but I can't find the paper.

It IS positive steering, 90% predictable, just a hair of oversteer if I swing it hard. I have Yoko AVS DB-S2's stock tire size. The fronts just grab everything on the road.

Now I haven't driven a true rear wheel drive car in over 10 years when I got this thing. My Escort with 150k miles on stock suspension, and my truck (live front axle tho) with it's wide tires doesn't do this.
So is this normal behavior?
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Pete D Offline
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My experience is TCs do tend to track the road irregularities. Truck ruts can get bad. The wider the tires you put on, the more pronounced it is.
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Keith Nubel Offline
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You can push your strut towers inward toward the engine bay. This helps with the outside tire wear and mine drives a little better, but these cars will grab the ruts and follow the tracks in the road.
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Matt S Offline
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Yeah truck ruts. Reminds me of learning to get over the wake on water skiis bouncing around in the middle then shooting off to the side.
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