Here is a problem that I bet nobody has seen before.

[LaserSVT]

So as of Monday my car learned a new trick. I was leaving an apointment and the steering wheel was clocked 35-40* counter clockwise yet the car went perfectly straight. If I straightened the wheel the car would go right pretty hard (like turning the wheel 35*, duh). Well after driving a bit the wheel went straight and the car whent straight.... must have been the road.
Well yesterday it does it again on a road that I know does not make the car pull because its the road in front of my work. Just as unusuall it for no reason goes straight. So yesterday I get it in the air and check each wheel and every one moves just fine. I wait a couple hours and go spin them again and they are still free. So its not a hanging brake caliper and the car didnt lose any of its coasting ability when it did the weird steering thing as well.

Well it does it three times today. Always after it sits for 10+ minutes and you first start off. After a couple minutes the wheel goes straight again. Mind you the car tracks straight weather the wheel is at 35-40* counter clockwise and then again when the wheel goes straight. Also there is only 2-3* of total steering wheel play when having the issue or not.

I just checked the rag joint and its not broken or loose.

So, who has an idea?

 

[shiryu0]

lower control arms are loose at the frame, mine did something like that...........if i reversed it the wheels would camber in, go forward, normal, they would straighten out.............

 

[Blenderhead]

I actually had a car with a similar problem come into the shop, and it turned out one of the rack mount bushings went bad. What would happen was when you turned left the steering rack would get twisted a bit, which would throw the steering angles all off and the car would then drive down the road with the steering wheel crooked, until you turned right. Once you turned right, it would push the rack back to the position it was supposed to be in, and the car would drive perfect down the road, until you made another left.

 

[Chromebrow]

Good call Blender!
Is there any binding or clunking while turning?

 

[LaserSVT]

Yes there is some noise. Upper ball joint on the drivers side and lower ball on the passenger side. My rack bushings are two years old as is the rack but they are both Autozone parts.
I just ordered a newish 93 steering rack and in a couple weeks I will order all the rest of the front end controll arms, tie rods, bushings and rear SRB bushings.

OTN, it was doing it again today and then I took a right turn and heard a pop then the wheel went straight after the turn. So it may very well be the rack bushing. I will update after I swap it all out, wont really know exactly which part fixes it since I am replacing everything. :lol: