Wheel alignment
Discussion
I just had the wheels on the Cerb re-aligned and what a difference it's make.
This is the second time in 6 months I've had it done, as the roads here are really giving the car a hammering.
The one thing I got set differently this time was the toe-in minutes.
The setting we'd got last time was between 10 and 20 minutes of toe-in and it had been set at 11 last time.
This time, as an experiment, I got it set with more toe-in and, at 19, it seems to have made a huge difference to the handling on a road with a very poor, uneven surface.
It's much better than it's ever been.
This is the second time in 6 months I've had it done, as the roads here are really giving the car a hammering.
The one thing I got set differently this time was the toe-in minutes.
The setting we'd got last time was between 10 and 20 minutes of toe-in and it had been set at 11 last time.
This time, as an experiment, I got it set with more toe-in and, at 19, it seems to have made a huge difference to the handling on a road with a very poor, uneven surface.
It's much better than it's ever been.
The car was very twitchy on uneven road surfaces at anything above 20 MPH.
The front wheels had actually a toe-out rather than a toe-in when the sensors were put on it to take the reading.
After it being set up correctly this time it is driving a lot better on the same bad roads.
There are still parts of the road that are very uneven and here there is still an element of twitching noticeable in the steering, but at 50 MPH rather than 20 MPH.
Unfortunately I don't think the settings will last as, due to the volume of construction going on in the area, the roads are constantly being ripped up and they almost never get put back as smooth as they were.
The potholes, etc don't help us to keep "tough" cars pointing straight all the time, let alone a Cerbera.
The front wheels had actually a toe-out rather than a toe-in when the sensors were put on it to take the reading.
After it being set up correctly this time it is driving a lot better on the same bad roads.
There are still parts of the road that are very uneven and here there is still an element of twitching noticeable in the steering, but at 50 MPH rather than 20 MPH.
Unfortunately I don't think the settings will last as, due to the volume of construction going on in the area, the roads are constantly being ripped up and they almost never get put back as smooth as they were.
The potholes, etc don't help us to keep "tough" cars pointing straight all the time, let alone a Cerbera.
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