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by Daniel2019 Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:22 pm
So rotated my tyres the other day thanks to my hoist at work (suckers!) and one in the front had a buckle in the wheel so I moved it to the back (no biggie was rotating anyway to get SP Sports on front)
Now my steering wheel isn't straight? About 5 degrees to the right and the car is straight... I dont think it was doing this before I rotated them but I could be wrong and was just used to it.. I just figured my alignment was out.
Anyway, I ran it over the Safe-T-Stop this arvo and my alignment is spot on?
Dafuq?
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by Sahin Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:34 pm
so take the steering wheel off and straighten it lol
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by Daniel2019 Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:36 pm
Just weird that it wasnt happening before I rotated the tyres.. I'm pretty sure it was straight before...
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by Sahin Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:38 pm
Happened on my old civic lol
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by Daniel2019 Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:39 pm
I didnt do an alignment I just rotated and balanced my tyres haha. Its pretty fucked I'm sure I would've noticed it before hahahah
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by Sahin Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:40 pm
oh wtf lol
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by Daniel2019 Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:44 pm
Yeah iunno. Safe-T-Stop said alignment was fine this afternoon although its not overly reliable.
f**k it, I'm just moving my wheel
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by destinationtoby Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:46 pm
Daniel2019 wrote: .. I'm pretty sure it was straight before...
It wasn't mate
Because nothing is faster than a p plater in a commodore.....
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by destinationtoby Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:49 pm
Rotating tyres doesn't bend steering arms or make the whole steering wheel slip on the shaft, Uve just never noticed.
Probs did it when ya buckled the wheel
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by Daniel2019 Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:50 pm
destinationtoby wrote: Daniel2019 wrote: .. I'm pretty sure it was straight before...
It wasn't mate
Yeah I dunno. It's pretty rooted surely I woulda noticed it.. I noticed it as soon as I got in it to drive it after rotating.
And the wheel was already buckled
It's ok I have some tyres for my 17s finally so painting them and swapping them and putting them on.
Got Federal 595 SS's
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by Sahin Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:52 pm
f**k yeah! i'm getting 235/40 rsr's next week
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by destinationtoby Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:58 pm
I don't bother with good tyres, they go bald too quick
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by Sahin Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:03 pm
Hahaha shutup my achillies went bald in 2-3 months
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by destinationtoby Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:05 pm
Because nothing is faster than a p plater in a commodore.....
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by payaya Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:17 am
You do realise a rear end that's out of alignment can make your steering off centre while driving?
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by Daniel2019 Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:40 am
payaya wrote: You do realise a rear end that's out of alignment can make your steering off centre while driving?
Of course, but I didn't do an alignment. The only thing I did was rotate and move buckled wheel to rear. Surely it would be more fucked with the buckle up front? My steering used to be shuddery.. rotating tyres fixed that (obviously because of buckle)
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by PHIL069 Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:56 pm
When you get an alignment done, the aligner dude should clamp your steering wheel straight and then align your wheels.
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by Daniel2019 Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:28 am
Yeah I'm going to do an alignment at work on Saturday and see how we go. Buckled wheel should be giving me more problems on the front though..
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by kiz Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:51 am
PHIL069 wrote: I dunno what happened to you bestie,
You abandoned him for us, that's what happened
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by SchumieFan Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:44 pm
Everyone abandons him...
