Possible Steering Problem
1990 E30 325is
I have lately been experiencing a pulling to the left while driving. This has been happening ever since i have owned the car, about a year and half. I had the car aligned awhile back (222000 miles, but it now only has 226000 miles) to see if it fixed the pulling to the left problem, but it did not fix the problem. I recently replaced my control arm bushings with Treehouse E30 eyeball arms, along with installing new tires. The car still pulls to the left and i must drive with the wheel turned to the right in order to keep the car going straight. I heard that an E30's rear is set in stone, but my specs seem very out of whack, and hence i think that may be the problem.
Alignment Specs before eyeball arms and new tires:
Left Front:
Camber : -1.00
Caster: +8.60
Toe: +0.13
Right Front:
Camber: -1.10
Caster: +8.60
Toe: +0.13
Left Rear:
Camber: -0.90
Toe: -0.47
Right Rear:
Camber -0.30
Toe +0.09
I am going to Ohio soon, and would like to get this fixed before i leave.
To my questions; Should i have my car realigned, even though the problem still existed after i did the alignment with my old control arm bushings? Do i need to align my rear, or is this not causing the pulling problem?
BTW: To my knowledge, the car has never been in an accident, although there is a tiny dent in the read bumper.
Thanks for your help.
I have lately been experiencing a pulling to the left while driving. This has been happening ever since i have owned the car, about a year and half. I had the car aligned awhile back (222000 miles, but it now only has 226000 miles) to see if it fixed the pulling to the left problem, but it did not fix the problem. I recently replaced my control arm bushings with Treehouse E30 eyeball arms, along with installing new tires. The car still pulls to the left and i must drive with the wheel turned to the right in order to keep the car going straight. I heard that an E30's rear is set in stone, but my specs seem very out of whack, and hence i think that may be the problem.
Alignment Specs before eyeball arms and new tires:
Left Front:
Camber : -1.00
Caster: +8.60
Toe: +0.13
Right Front:
Camber: -1.10
Caster: +8.60
Toe: +0.13
Left Rear:
Camber: -0.90
Toe: -0.47
Right Rear:
Camber -0.30
Toe +0.09
I am going to Ohio soon, and would like to get this fixed before i leave.
To my questions; Should i have my car realigned, even though the problem still existed after i did the alignment with my old control arm bushings? Do i need to align my rear, or is this not causing the pulling problem?
BTW: To my knowledge, the car has never been in an accident, although there is a tiny dent in the read bumper.
Thanks for your help.