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850 steering now lacks self-centering at full lock 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be dave on  Wed Jul 4 15:08 CST 2007 [RELATED]

In a parking lot setting, when I turn tightly, the steering's self-centering tendency disappears. By full steering lock, in either direction, I can take my hands off the wheel and the car will continue to turn as tightly as it can.

Does anyone else's 850(/s70/s60/...) do that? Does anyone know what causes that?

    (Self-centering action is mostly a function of caster, which is around 3 degress, a bit under on the left, a bit over on the right, which has long/always been nominal on this car.)


It only began happening after switching from HD Bilstein struts to "Touring" Bilstein struts (and L side upper strut mount and CV boots were repl at same time) 7 months ago. Ever since then the feel/behavior of the steering's been different. If it was wrong before and now it's correct, other 850s should be able to "chase their tail" with hands off the wheel at low speed in a parking lot...





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