dunt want airbags to go off
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Optimus Prime
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disconnect the battery wait 10 mins, jobs a good un.
englishbullterrier
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Adjust your track rod ends, equally each side and move the steering wheel that way.
^^^this.
Unless it has been removed in the past and not put back straight, then it will be squint due to your tracking having been adjusted by a half-assed mechanic in too much of a rush to do the job properly.....Doing front wheel alignment on a car PROPERLY can take a lot of time, so most places who charge a fixed £30 or so for doing it need to get the job done quickly to avoid loosing money, therefor they loosen off one track rod end and adjust that side only until the overall reading is within spec. The problem is that your steering rack is now slightly offset to one side when you go in a straight line, meaning that your car will turn in a tighter circle in one direction than the other and if its out by too much, you start getting other wheel alignment problems due to the uneven lengths of the steering arms and the effects they have on the hub through its course of suspension movement.
Unless it has been removed in the past and not put back straight, then it will be squint due to your tracking having been adjusted by a half-assed mechanic in too much of a rush to do the job properly.....Doing front wheel alignment on a car PROPERLY can take a lot of time, so most places who charge a fixed £30 or so for doing it need to get the job done quickly to avoid loosing money, therefor they loosen off one track rod end and adjust that side only until the overall reading is within spec. The problem is that your steering rack is now slightly offset to one side when you go in a straight line, meaning that your car will turn in a tighter circle in one direction than the other and if its out by too much, you start getting other wheel alignment problems due to the uneven lengths of the steering arms and the effects they have on the hub through its course of suspension movement.
jamesmartin
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well said ,theres not enough realise you need to start with a centralised steering rack or box
well here's the thing
if I could've done that I would
but one of the track bars is solid, I mean solid and will not move for anything
I have already had it tracked and they said if I could get it free they would reset it gratis.
this isn't going to happen, so i'm taking the wheel off
this I know toowell said ,theres not enough realise you need to start with a centralised steering rack or box
i'm sourcing another track rod arm to put everything back in line
