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Car drives to the left - castor?
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Tue, 06 April 2004 04:26
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Hello, if a car tends to drive to the left, would that be the castor?
Toe is set correctly at close to neutral.
I would just get it done professionally but not going to be able to before Dubbo and if its as simple as adjusting the castor slightly I might give it a go to make the drive down to Dubbo a bit more pleasant.
Cheers
Joel
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Sydney
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February 2003
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Re: Car drives to the left - castor?
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Tue, 06 April 2004 05:31
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only if it is uneven *obviously*
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Rocky Mountains, Canada
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May 2002
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Re: Car drives to the left - castor?
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Tue, 06 April 2004 06:01
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A bit off topic...
But, how is the R&P conversion feeling now?
Did you lower the rack to try and remove some of the bump steer?
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sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Car drives to the left - castor?
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Tue, 06 April 2004 06:24
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is it moving to the left due to road camber or road surface? , if so then adjusting the castor may help, if its on a dead flat road ( like a carpark etc ) then in may be an indication the steering geometry is uneven forcing the car to pull across.
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Car drives to the left - castor?
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Tue, 06 April 2004 07:06
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it might just be tire pressure!!!
recently i had a puncture in front left, and also slow leak in rear left, and i found the car constantly wandering to the left 
they were only out by maybe 3-4psi, but having it happen on the ame sid emeant it was dragging quite a lot... i thought it was castor (since mine is god knows what  ) but after getting puncture fixed, and keeping them all same pressure.. drives straight again!!! 
check tire pressure first.... if they are all even, then check camber and castor...
is it worth just getting the angles measured?
Cya, Stewart
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Terrigal
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May 2002
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Re: Car drives to the left - castor?
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Tue, 06 April 2004 07:20
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IRA11Y - Yeah it's on cambered roads. I understand castor usually isn't equal on both sides to compensate for this. Appears mine isn't compensating for some reason.
Oldcorollas - thanks for the suggestion mate i'll check the pressure when getting petrol.
I've got adjustable strut tops which haven't been dialed in yet either. So camber might not be equal on both sides.
M.W.P. - rack 'n pinion feels unreal! I lowered the rack so its the same height as the inner control arm pivot points now, and the outer tie rods are the same height as the ball joint pivot point. So it's all improving well. The rack could do with shortening a bit, but to be honest it feels so good on the road it isn't on the top of the list of jobs to do.
Cheers
Joel
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Car drives to the left - castor?
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Wed, 07 April 2004 15:27
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I noticed that you have wat looks like a noltec adjustble strut top, these are extreamly hard to get camber and castor settings by eye, if you have not had them dialed in i would suggest that this would be the cause of your drifting problem.
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