repairman50 Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Hi, since have some new rear shocks fitted to my 2003 ST200 Mondeo, I am suffering from a steering wander, generally has a pull to left with road camber, but if camber of road changes pull changes to right, which because I am weighting steering to right, car almost feels as though it is veering to right, have had several checks in local tyre depots, nothing found amiss apparently, any suggestions gratefully received, while I trawl thro forum for ideas, other than that can anyone suggest a good workshop in Dorset area that might be able to help. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Hello What sort of checks have been done?..... Do you have any printouts you can display, in particular any that show castor values? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repairman50 Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 HelloWhat sort of checks have been done?..... Do you have any printouts you can display, in particular any that show castor values? Hi Tony full 4 wheel geometry check on laser equipment, I will dig printouts out tomorrow and post am trawling forum, and another expression used is tramling which sounds close to my problem, car has always tended to twitch on whitelines under power, but generally steering was good Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Printouts are good Tramlining has many reasons.... Try a keyword search "toe tendency" here in wim, it's explanation has much relevance to the ST220. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Tony, I did a quick search as I was curious but the search returns an error, presumeably because "toe" is < 4 letters. Most of the results were you're discussions with Sam@TDI which may be too technical (fascinating though!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Tony, I did a quick search as I was curious but the search returns an error, presumeably because "toe" is < 4 letters. Most of the results were you're discussions with Sam@TDI which may be too technical (fascinating though!). Could you read the threads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 This what you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repairman50 Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I found ok leave qoutes " around words Tony busy trying to find printouts, we (yes the royal we) have had a tidy up of paperwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I found ok leave qoutes " around words Tony busy trying to find printouts, we (yes the royal we) have had a tidy up of paperwork Important paperwork should have pride of place ..... would be good to see the report if you find it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Tony, I did a quick search as I was curious but the search returns an error, presumeably because "toe" is < 4 letters. Most of the results were you're discussions with Sam@TDI which may be too technical (fascinating though!). Could you read the threads? Sure, the couple I cared to browse. Interesting how he inverted the TRE to restore the steering-arm/lower arm parallelagram on his slammed CTR. IIRC You queried the impact on TOOT/Ackermann but it hadn't been measured at the time. Slightly off-topic but is it possible to measure the distance betwen the two arms as they articulate ? Or just look for the effects of misalignment ie; bump steer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 You could measure the difference on bump, rebound and toot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repairman50 Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Hi Tony, just reading thread about tramlining, where you suggest adjusting tyre pressures, what kind of limits can you go to while trying this, bearing in mind PC Plod can whinge if your pressures are too far off what they should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Hi Tony, just reading thread about tramlining, where you suggest adjusting tyre pressures, what kind of limits can you go to while trying this, bearing in mind PC Plod can whinge if your pressures are too far off what they should be? Yes..... back on topic methinks. minus 2psi front should welcome a change in the steer properties. what we're trying to do is add flexibility to the sidewall in order to belay pneumatic influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repairman50 Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hi Tony, have found reports, what I haven't found is how to post them, seems I need to host them elsewhere and post url, is this correct Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hi Tony, have found reports, what I haven't found is how to post them, seems I need to host them elsewhere and post url, is this correct Thanks Yes you will need to use photobucket etc. Only gold members can upload images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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