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Old 08-25-2016, 10:54 AM
Zulfiqar Zulfiqar is offline
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Originally Posted by clarkz712 View Post
That is the dumbest thing i have heard lately. the ball joint does not make the steering return to center the caster adjustment of the aliegnment does that. maybe yours was stiff and could not turn without the force of the pump but it does not make the steering turn back straight
a bad ball joint on a W124 will cause the camber and caster to out of spec. In certain conditions you may feel the car wants to scrub while doing sharp turns. In that condition your car wont want to steer back from sharp turns. Mild turns will be okay though.
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