Castor Correction With Extended Shackles
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:53 pm
Hi all. A few weeks ago i got some 2" extended shackles from Superior Engineering. I'm very happy with the build quality of the units, and the price wasn't too bad either.
As I dont have a whole lot of time for working on my car, I decided to put the shackles in one weekend, then put the castor correction plates in a few weeks later. After putting them in, I noticed that there was a LOT more road noise than normal, and when turning, the front inside wheel really bit into the road, and the steering was similar to a go-kart. In the wet, the car was almost undriveable. These side effects WERE expected.
After putting the castor correction plates in, the steering returned almost to normal, and the road noise from the tyres dropped significantly. But, there is still a lot of noise at speeds over 75km/h. I'm only running 31" BF A/T's, but they sound like big mud chuckers. I am yet to go over the u-bolts and re-tension them (500km settle in is not up yet), but am i going to need a wheel alignment to solve my problem, or is there something that i'm missing??
Any suggestions??
Cheers - Coxy
As I dont have a whole lot of time for working on my car, I decided to put the shackles in one weekend, then put the castor correction plates in a few weeks later. After putting them in, I noticed that there was a LOT more road noise than normal, and when turning, the front inside wheel really bit into the road, and the steering was similar to a go-kart. In the wet, the car was almost undriveable. These side effects WERE expected.
After putting the castor correction plates in, the steering returned almost to normal, and the road noise from the tyres dropped significantly. But, there is still a lot of noise at speeds over 75km/h. I'm only running 31" BF A/T's, but they sound like big mud chuckers. I am yet to go over the u-bolts and re-tension them (500km settle in is not up yet), but am i going to need a wheel alignment to solve my problem, or is there something that i'm missing??
Any suggestions??
Cheers - Coxy