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Old 09-23-2009, 12:39 AM   #1
JDBeck23

 
Drives: 2010 Camaro, 2SS/RS
Join Date: May 2009
Location: King George, Va
Posts: 881
Bump steer, vague steering on center... Anyone else noticed??

So I felt after getting my car that I had a bit of a bump steer/vague on center steering.

I went on a 5 week business trip and came back, felt like I was 16, couldnt drive for $%#@! But it gave me a great opportunity to have a fresh look at what I felt was a small, but noticeable "habit" of my car's front end.

On center, especially when accelerating (not neccesarily "getting on it") the front end feels excessively light, and feels the tendency to "walk" a bit, which forces me to do a slight left right motion like in the ooolld cars from 50's... nothing excessive like ACTUALLY being in one of those old cars though, just trying to paint a picture. The steering feels vague on center is my point here.

Coupled with that, and may not be directly related, but if im on rough road that has ruts and or bumps on one side of the lane and not the other, a few times I've had the steering wheel move way more than I was comfortable with as a result of the bump. Around the corner from my work there's a road that's nothing but ruts for about a few hundred feet. When I hit that stretch of road the steering require virtually constant inputs to keep the car in the lane (mind you, these ruts are huge), but it really made me feel like the vagueness of the front end was making the problem much worse.

So it seems that I have 2 separate issues here, the general vagueness of on center steering, coupled with a tendency to bump steer. Anyone experience this too??
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