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Old 02-09-2009
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Alignment is good but steering is still off??

From what I have been reading on here im guessing its the bushings but before I order I wanted to make sure, I cant really tell by looking at them but im not that great at working on vehicals eaither.

Pretty much what it does tho is it acts like the alignment is off with the steering wheel always wanting to be held turned a bit to the left and is sometimes worse than others. I just had an alignment done and had them check it twice after because its driving me crasy.

My car is an 03 civic ex coupe with 52k miles on it.

Also on a side note I wanted to ask if a dc sports strut bar will work with an ingalls stiffy torque dampener? if anyone has any clues on that.

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Re: Alignment is good but steering is still off??

what are ur current camber and toe readings?
if the bushings are gone wouldnt you hear noise?
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Re: Alignment is good but steering is still off??

Im sorry I lost the paper they gave me with the numbers, but everything was in the green. As for the noise I dont notice anything except for every now and then if the car has been sitting a while it will give a light pop when I first get going, but nothing after that.
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Re: Alignment is good but steering is still off??

did they do the caster adjust or they didnt lock in the steering striaght when setting the toe or your raq is goin bad doubt it though but with alightments i will tell u there is alot of room for human error
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Re: Alignment is good but steering is still off??

toe in the front needs to be the same
doesnt mean if its in the green means that its good.
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Re: Alignment is good but steering is still off??

If this helps the steering to the left is kinda squishy which is the direction the wheel tilts to while steering to the right is still real tight.
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Re: Alignment is good but steering is still off??

check your tires, i my vic was doing the same too and i got new tires and i was good to go
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