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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 11:23 AM
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in and out of alignment

ive noticed on my car that after i take a right turn, the car pulls to the right really bad, and then after a 1/4 mile or so it just goes away and is fine again, its only right turn and its very odd, it did it with my maxspeeds on and with my jic's, and i believe stock. so im pretty sure its not their fault, and ideas? i have a cheapo fst, mayeb thats throwing things off?
Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:07 PM
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Possibly your right side spring or strut is not unloading after a corner, which would make the right side of your car dive after a turn until it unloads and comes back up to normal ride height...maybe your rack and pinion has a bad return valve and is holding in some right steering angle even after you return the wheel to center.

Not sure how you could diagnose this adequately short of doing an immediate alignment check after a hard right turn. Maybe do some hi speed donuts in the parking lot of your favorite shop and then have it put on the alignment rack right away to check toe angles and c&c. I'm sure someone with more front end experience can answer this question much more competently but I figure i'd put my shot in.
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