afj
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| posted on 22/11/08 at 06:24 PM |
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how much self centering
I took the indy to work today and set up the head light aim and stuck it in the brake rollers and also sett up the steering, centered the rack 1/2
degree camber all round and about 2 degrees toe out. the car self centers from full lock to about 1/4 lock driving in a circle (the circle gets
bigger) but then she needs my input to get straight ahead, is this enough for the sva or not........ just driving down the road with a small amout
of turn shows NO self centering
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matt.c
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| posted on 22/11/08 at 07:23 PM |
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Had mine SVAed on friday, He jumped in it and Stalled it lol then after starting it again drove off and did a circle and let go of the steering wheel
and it increased the circle. Mine was set up by eye. 
Needs some assantance on the road but not too bad. You get use to it and becomes second nature. 
Ps. where do you work mate?
[Edited on 22/11/08 by matt.c]
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whitestu
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| posted on 22/11/08 at 08:02 PM |
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That sounds like a lot more than mine did!
If the car attempts to self centre it should be OK.
Stu
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BenB
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| posted on 22/11/08 at 10:03 PM |
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Mine didn't self-center at all but the examiner said something about king-pin inclination and how I really should fix it when I got home...... I
pretended that I knew what KPI was and took the certificate 
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Chippy
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| posted on 22/11/08 at 11:46 PM |
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Same here, the self centre was almost non existant, but as it did "twitch" a bit it got past. It's a lot better now after a few
thousand miles. Cheers Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/11/08 at 09:26 AM |
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Disregarding the basic design of castor angle (I'm not going there today!), there is a basic problem with testing self-centering on a
newly-built car - all the brand-new steering components are very stiff and reluctant to move around without a bit of driver input.
Not sure what the answer is - sit in the car for a few hours waggling the steering wheel back and forwards? Going Brrrm-Brrrrm at the same time, of
course!
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