Bumpsteer owns me
#1
Bumpsteer owns me
Damn i never noticed it till the last few days since i upgraded my brakes i take corners alot faster and you can feel the front tires doing what is know as Bump steer. Its pretty damn rediculous, so how do i go about fixing that, besides the obvious of a steeda or the like bumpsteer kit or is that all there really is to it.
#8
first things first... you need to measure your bumpsteer to find out if it even needs correction.
What you may be feeling is the negative ackerman. As you go around a corner the outside front tire doesn't toe in as much as it should (this thanks to Ford compromise engineering). It ends up literally being dragged through the turn which will give a darty feeling to the steering... almost like tramlining taht MattJ mentioned (a very real issue) but it's more random as the tire grips and slips and jerks the car one way or another. One way to fix that is with a MM k-member and aluminum rack bushings, at the cost of more N/V/H.
I've seen more times than I care to recall drivers making up for that by wiggling the steering wheel a little all the way through the turn. I can't say that it's helpful but you never know.
What you may be feeling is the negative ackerman. As you go around a corner the outside front tire doesn't toe in as much as it should (this thanks to Ford compromise engineering). It ends up literally being dragged through the turn which will give a darty feeling to the steering... almost like tramlining taht MattJ mentioned (a very real issue) but it's more random as the tire grips and slips and jerks the car one way or another. One way to fix that is with a MM k-member and aluminum rack bushings, at the cost of more N/V/H.
I've seen more times than I care to recall drivers making up for that by wiggling the steering wheel a little all the way through the turn. I can't say that it's helpful but you never know.
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