I'm just trying to figure out if I need another wheel alignment or it just sucks. And until I get LSD I can't decrease it with my right foot
LC-LJ Turning Circle
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, Jun 30 2007 09:43 PM
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 09:43 PM
What's the turning circle?
I'm just trying to figure out if I need another wheel alignment or it just sucks. And until I get LSD I can't decrease it with my right foot
I'm just trying to figure out if I need another wheel alignment or it just sucks. And until I get LSD I can't decrease it with my right foot
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 12:10 AM
Bloody huge.... Use the handbrake in the wet for a tighter turn when doing U turns.... 
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 12:49 AM
11.12 metres
Don't listen to the "Hoon"^
Don't listen to the "Hoon"^
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 01:56 AM
11.12m is pretty good.
Too bad my handbrake doesn't work haha
Wheel alignment it is...Adjusting castor should decrease this right..
Too bad my handbrake doesn't work haha
Wheel alignment it is...Adjusting castor should decrease this right..
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 02:13 AM
Turning circle is limited by rack travel.11.12m is pretty good.
Too bad my handbrake doesn't work haha
Wheel alignment it is...Adjusting castor should decrease this right..
I don't think altering castor will do you any good.
Any adjustment to camber or castor will alter toe-in but not effect turning circle.
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 03:08 AM
That sucks.
If adjusting castor doesn't help (which is hard to do because the radius rods feel like they're glued on). It might be a problem with my rack then. I had a new pinion put in because the last one got bent so badly.
My turning circle seems excessive thats all.
Cheers
If adjusting castor doesn't help (which is hard to do because the radius rods feel like they're glued on). It might be a problem with my rack then. I had a new pinion put in because the last one got bent so badly.
My turning circle seems excessive thats all.
Cheers
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 10:23 AM
I think the big turning circle is more due to the steering geometry than bad wheel alignement. For a small car the LC/Js sure need a lot of space to turn around.
The other thing is don't full lock it. You will find the wheels lay over and the circle generaly gets larger rather than smaller, particularly on gravel as the wheels skid. Much better to turn it to just before the wheels lay over.
Steve
The other thing is don't full lock it. You will find the wheels lay over and the circle generaly gets larger rather than smaller, particularly on gravel as the wheels skid. Much better to turn it to just before the wheels lay over.
Steve
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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:14 PM
i think its about 1 1/2 football fields
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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:59 PM
hold it full lock and punch it. works in my commodore, can turn on the spot
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Posted 10 July 2007 - 04:48 PM
Sucks in the dry, but quite good in the wet for some reason - perhaps that bald-ish right tyre has something to do with it...but yeah it is a big circle for a small car. the worst are car spaces when dickheads park you in or clip your bumpers 
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