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Old 02-06-2009, 11:09 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by themightyquinn View Post
While I don't doubt you, dave, I just find it really, really hard to believe that me having to wrestle the steering wheel to keep the car going where I want it to go is a result of the rear being out of whack.

Wouldn't the subframe being toast result in a feeling of the rear not following the front? Not something directly steering-input related?
The rear wheels are going to steer on their own. Basically, tires will steer a car in whatever direction they're pointed (it's a friction thing). Generally, they steer forward neutrally.

If everything is okay out back, the wheels are pointed forward, and you get no thrust-steering from the rear wheels. If they're out of whack, they'll track a little differently.
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