Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:49:30 -0400 From: "Valjean" <jvaljeannospamamcharter.net> Subject: Re: position steering wheel 9000
I've experienced the tire wear effect on alignment, on front-to-back rotation, even! "Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote in message news:4266468D.73E2AC57nospamail.com... > > Wido van Krieken wrote: > >> Must the steering wheel (the horizontal part in the middle) have to be >> exactly horizontal (with the dashboard) when driving straight? > > Ideally, yes. Road camber may / will affect the position though. Drive > shaft wear also affects it - as I once discovered when I had just one > driveshaft replaced after an 'incident' in which someone tried to kill me > by 'not looking'. Up to that time - the 'straight ahead' position had been > fine. Mind you the chassis might have been distorted too ! Wish I had pics > of the car after the event ! Looked like someone had taken a lump hammer > to the entire offside of the car. Repair bill came to > 50% of the vehicle > value ! > > I suspect tyre wear affects it too. More recently my 9000 required a > little left lock to run straight. After replacing the mismatched front > tyres it required the opposite ! > > > Graham > >
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