Alignment woes - right pull
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^^^^ great visual, in my experience unless severe road crown, the crown only creates drift, not pull when properly aligned. This is why I dial in more negative camber right front by about .5* over the left example lf -.5, rf -1.0. everyone says oh caster fixes this, yeah but to a much smaller affect than camber and usually leads to returning customers. I like happy customers and even tire wear. alignments are always a compromise and never are the end all for every situation.
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Jesus Christ y'all are hilariously petty. I was asking essentially if this car was particularly difficult to align or a right pull was a common issue due to road crown etc.
I'm going back to the shop today to have them take a look. I believe it was improper steering wheel alignment due to our weird-*** auto-wiper control stock being lower than the light stock in Auto position, leading a lazy tech to set the steering wheel improperly before alignment.
Everyone take a deep breath.
I'm going back to the shop today to have them take a look. I believe it was improper steering wheel alignment due to our weird-*** auto-wiper control stock being lower than the light stock in Auto position, leading a lazy tech to set the steering wheel improperly before alignment.
Everyone take a deep breath.
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It's unbelievable the stuff you come up with. Not once did you mention steering wheel not centered or driving on crown roads. All of that is common info for any driver. Think of something else as to why you started this thread. Maybe bored or lonely. Readers beware.
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It's unbelievable the stuff you come up with. Not once did you mention steering wheel not centered or driving on crown roads. All of that is common info for any driver. Think of something else as to why you started this thread. Maybe bored or lonely. Readers beware.
To the OP, this is definitely not an issue inherent to the F-Types.
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My thoughts are this. I would have set this up with .5* less camber on the left than the right -1.0 right -1.5 left. to compensate for road crown. I also dont like the toe because thats in the middle and when you drive the road forces the toe out more towards toe out wearing inside of tires more. I would set that front toe to atleast .10-.12 becuase when you check deflection (what the suspension and tires do when driving) then will be in the middle. That said at best where you are at you should only have a slight drift with road crown. If its a pull refer back to what unhinged and i have said about swapping front tires side to side to see what happens
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My thoughts are this. I would have set this up with .5* less camber on the left than the right -1.0 right -1.5 left. to compensate for road crown. I also dont like the toe because thats in the middle and when you drive the road forces the toe out more towards toe out wearing inside of tires more. I would set that front toe to atleast .10-.12 becuase when you check deflection (what the suspension and tires do when driving) then will be in the middle. That said at best where you are at you should only have a slight drift with road crown. If its a pull refer back to what unhinged and i have said about swapping front tires side to side to see what happens
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