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Originally Posted by Brzlimited661
Ok so i have A 2014 brz that i took to get an alignment after an acident they got the car within specs they said but whenever i exit a freeway offramp the rear end wants to slide in a violent fashion. We checked the rear end everyrhing seems solid and not loose.
The only thing that is not within specs even with a camber bolt they installed on the driver side front wheel is the front caster which is at 4.24 degrees. Any ideas?
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So the car was fine before the accident.
After the accident, the DS front alignment is still off. Caster you say.
The car becomes unsettled during a high speed RH sweep ( my interpretation of exiting a HWY)
Such a maneuver loads the DS front. DS front is the one with the wonky caster.
If the DS caster is not the same as the PS caster for any reason, the car is going to pitch a fit. Kinda like when you get the bad grocery cart with a bent front wheel; where the one wheel just kind of vibrates along. The fit might be induced either because the car has a dynamic caster change induced by the turn or from unloading the inside wheel and transferring all of the load to the one with a different caster setting.
If it a dynamic issue, you wont catch it with a wheel alignment. You will need to put the car on a chassis rack and make sure that it is square. Assuming that it is, you then need to find the bent part that is causing the caster number to be off.
If your alignment shop shoed you out the door with an out-of-spec caster value without bothering to figure out why it was out of spec, then you need a new alignment shop.
Tire wear might be a clue also, but rather than wait for a tire to wear out, go buy a cheap laser thermometer and after a good run down the HWY, pull over somewhere safe and see if there is a noticeable difference in tire temps.