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Old 03-10-2015, 11:55 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GSS138 View Post
How in the hell does a shop make this mistake. Don't ever go to that shop again lol.

@OP the problem you are describing does indeed sound a bit more sinister than simply a bad alignment, your current alignment isn't track day tweaked and tuned, but it should do fine for 45 miles per hour.

I suspect something like a cracked/broken bushing or maybe even a loose control arm/midlink that is allowing the wheel to steer on its own. Do you hear any vibration noise like it could be a wheel? Something is very not correct and you should take it to a real Nissan/alignment shop.

@Rusty, I have taken temps at track for last few months at -2.0 rear camber, and there is no reason to run that much. I will probably bring it back down to about a -1.6 to -1.7. Even for a full track spec running slicks I doubt you would ever need more than -2.0 if you are sprung decently in the rear.

Thanks for the pointer on rear toe as well, I have been having snap oversteer issues for months and will definitely try your suggestion of adding just a tad of toe in, do you suggest like .10?

I have not heard any vibrations.
I would agree with you with the possible bushing or such damaged but woudnt that mean it would handle like that all the time? not just in the rain? With under 20k miles and no accidents and such the likelihood of that happening is also minor im sure.
Im finally off work tomorrow so i will get down there and make sure everything is tight and solid. When you tracked your Z what were your alignment specs?

As stated before i hope tires will fix this which i should have some by tomorrow hopefully.

Thanks!
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