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cul202

By cul202,
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rs73 Grand Master

rs73

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I just did some wheel alignment near my office today.

Not very happy with the job... the car doesn't pull left or right which means it's balanced, however..... my steering wheel which used to be straight now isn't straight!!!!

Can I just pull out the steering wheel boss kit and turn it a notch to make it straight, or does the alignment had to be re-done with the steering wheel hold straight??? Will turning the boss kit a notch gonna stuff up HICAS alignment?

Anyway I'm gonna bring it back to them tomorrow and ask them to fix it. If they still can't do it, I'll never go anywhere near them anymore... :)

rs73 Grand Master

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Dun worry abt it... I went back to the shop tell them what happened.

They switched one of the rims front to rear on one side yesterday, because one of the rims bounced a bit more on the balancer due to perhaps hitting a pothole and bent it a bit.. Got it swapped back again... now steering wheel seems to have straighten up again...

Turned out just bias in tyres due to uneven wear front and rear. They should have swapped both sides left-right not just one side.

if u dont have airbag steering wheel then rotating the wheel straight wont affect the hicas.
rs73 Grand Master

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I drove the car again and find that steering wheel still not dead straight... tried to move the boss kit a notch to compensate... and see what happens tomorrow..

sometimes it's kind of funny. you move one notch to the left or right you just can't get it straight, like the boss kit mount requires an extra notch in the middle to make it straight... any other ideas?

JimX Grand Master

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RS73, that's a common problem when the alignment is done by a shop that hasn't centred the wheel properly before doing the alignment. Basically you align the wheels to match the steering wheel, not the other way around! I would have taken it back to the shop and told them to fix it.

I got a 4 wheel alignment done for $60 at Goodyear in Castle Hill, and it was the best (not to mention the cheapest) 4 wheel alignment I've ever had done. It's hella out of my way but I'm going back there to re-align the front end since I've put in new castor rod bushes.

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