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#1 Posted : Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:52:19 AM(UTC)
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I have a HG 253 with power steering, since installing power steering I had a wheel alignment done now car drifts to right, I have spoken to the people who did the alignment and they have given me the print out from cumputer and the results are spot on to origional specs, they say the reasion it did not drift before was that toe in was excessive (which is why tyres wore uneven)brakes are not binding and new tyres on front (1000 klm) any ideas please.
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:20:03 AM(UTC)
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Is the steering wheel on straight? Quite often the steering wheel has been taken off and put back on 1 or 2 splines out, so you see the spokes are not straight and try to straight it, causing the car to steer wrong.


Try to find a large flat area, an

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#3 Posted : Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:06:01 PM(UTC)
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Assuming the pumps are similar to those on the HQ, the ratio for the steering gear is real LOW. The centre (straight ahead) setting is very very narrow in movement of the wheel. Like 12 mm to left or right of centre and the pump kicks in. So you'll drift
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#4 Posted : Thursday, August 12, 2004 4:19:26 AM(UTC)
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HK,HT.HG Holdens don't always travel straight on australian roads with the Holden recommended settings.They need positive caster and negative camber to travel straight on our roads that seem to have the road camber the wrong way.The bathurst settings were
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