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Old 02-21-2014, 01:38 AM   #16 (permalink)
yoyoyoda
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
It is common practice to loop lines to reduce effort when disabling power steering. Ask anybody.
Yes, and in this case the caster is so excessive on my vehicle that even if I did that it wouldn't do anything.

It has 10 years of road tear on the springs and the car rides a lot lower than stock because of that, so I'm thinking that is what is causing excessive positive caster.

I'm convinced of this because it feels like I'm trying to lift the car whenver I steer..

I'm going to at some point be installing higher than stock springs later on, maybe that will pull caster back into somewhere normal.

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Excessive caster angle will make the steering heavier and less responsive, although, in racing, large caster angles are used to improve camber gain in cornering. Caster angles over 7 degrees with radial tires are common. Power steering is usually necessary to overcome the jacking effect from the high caster angle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_angle

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