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I changed the lower control arm inner bushing a few days ago for an SPL
, now steering wheel refuses to center, if the car is turning the steering will go completely to that direction. I saw ball joints were bad but i dont know if it can create that problem. I got my alignment checked thinking i mess it while changing it but I honestly at a lost trying to figure it out. When going back steering centers perfectly.
https://youtu.be/j0RfHP9WyUg
Last edited by User0945!; Jan 14, 2021 at 08:59 AM.
Your toe is super far out on the front. Why not get the car aligned. Your going to destroy tires in 10s or hundreds of miles with that much toe. Recommended range is 0 to 0.08 degrees. Your caster is fine and that's normally helps your wheel center.
Your toe is super far out on the front. Why not get the car aligned. Your going to destroy tires in 10s or hundreds of miles with that much toe. Recommended range is 0 to 0.08 degrees. Your caster is fine and that's normally helps your wheel center.
i will get that fixed as soon as possible, I just wanted to get anything else that may needed replacement changed. Could that be the steering problem?
I think it’s normal, the old OEM bushing was rubber and they was flexing during the turn and flex back when the steering wheel return to center, so that should help to center the steering wheel during low speed. Now with SPL bushing, the bushings don’t flex and they juste move/rotate with a certain amount of friction, that can cause steering wheel not return to center at low speed.
I think it’s normal, the old EOM bushing was rubber and they was flexing during the turn and flex back when the steering wheel return to center, so that should help to center the steering wheel during low speed. Now with SPL bushing, the bushings don’t flex and they juste move/rotate with a certain amount of friction, that can cause steering wheel not return to center at low speed.
9 out of 10 times when we aligned a car in the shop, cars NOT returning to center was attributed to something sticking, usually ball joints. Being the main point of articulation, ball joints are most prone to wear. ALL alignment settings, caster, camber and toe, of course, affect the steering characteristics as well. With bad ball joints (or other worn parts), neither setting will stay set very long and you're back to where you started with all settings going into the red again. Simple solution: align the car and replace all worn items (vice versa actually), will fix the problems. While sounding pretty obvious, you'd be surprised how many people avoid the alignment shop for some stupid reason. They end up throwing parts at the problem and then discover it was merely an easily repaired solution. Every time a part is installed, the car should be aligned anyways
9 out of 10 times when we aligned a car in the shop, cars NOT returning to center was attributed to something sticking, usually ball joints. Being the main point of articulation, ball joints are most prone to wear. ALL alignment settings, caster, camber and toe, of course, affect the steering characteristics as well. With bad ball joints (or other worn parts), neither setting will stay set very long and you're back to where you started with all settings going into the red again. Simple solution: align the car and replace all worn items (vice versa actually), will fix the problems. While sounding pretty obvious, you'd be surprised how many people avoid the alignment shop for some stupid reason. They end up throwing parts at the problem and then discover it was merely an easily repaired solution. Every time a part is installed, the car should be aligned anyways
Yeah thank you for the informations, I have my alignment appointment this week.
It’s just strange because everything was fine about the steering, I changed my lower control arm & compression arm oem rubber bushings for SPL bushing (like the author did) and after this, the steering wheel doesn’t center under 20mph and past a certain point, it continue to turn (inverse of centering, like shown in the author video). At higher speed, the steering wheel center normally.
so maybe I broke something about the ball joint but actually I feel no freeplay in the ball joints or about the steering in general.
Steering wheel not returning to center
