[stkman]

hey guys i have a 96 maruti ute but the steering seems to turn good left but right seems to turn furrther and the bigger wheels i fitted scrub the body seam badly only on right lock but stops on left lock ...

is this normal or am i just got another issue ?

all help appreciated thanks guys/gals

[Fatzook]

could be alot of things. Can you get a pic of the front end that is bigger than a matchbox?

[atari4x4]

could it be the dreaded "suzuki" lean causing it to hit the seams on the RHS due to the sagging springs on that side.

x2 on photo's bigger than a stamp, join up to photobucket & upload them to there & then copy the [IMG] tags to get them to appear in a post rather than having to downsize them & attach them to the forum

[sjzook]

Some cars turn more to one side than the other, helps with u turns etc just the way they are designed

[atari4x4]

sjzook wrote:

Some cars turn more to one side than the other, helps with u turns etc just the way they are designed

not sure if srs...

pretty sure it's usually cause they've taken a knock somewhere & the wheel aligner has just wound the tie rods in/out to bring the wheel straight rather than centring the steering box & working out from there.

i know RHD cars have a different camber setting to LHD cars due to the difference in camber on the road & what side the car is driven on, never heard the one about offset steering lock though.

[stkman]

Il try look into the springs see if we can make something change really appreciate ur help guys

[want33s]

Could be several things..
*Missing one of the swivel hub bolts.
*Bent drag link.
*Pitman arm refitted incorrectly.
*Broken steering damper.

[whincup]

want33s wrote:

*Missing one of the swivel hub bolts.

my first thought. mine turns left sharper than right, one of the bolts hits the diff to stop you from turning too much, i've snapped this one off on the left side.

[Shandy]

I had a busted cv that stop the swivel housing from turning once. But it would change, more left then more right as the bits moved around.

[droverdave]

edit: jsut re read ataris post, and he beat me to it.

Coudl be that whoever did your last wheel alignment was a numpty, and when the wheels are straight, the steering box is actually off centre.

So the steering box can go mroe one way than the other.

I had this happen once in a rack and pinion 80s car, they did the alignment with the rack ends so teh wheels were staigth, then just removed the steering wheel and put it back on "straight".