Steering

[skyliner34]

Have been meaning to post this a while back.

But when my wheels are straight my steering wheel points slightly to the left. I drove a Yaris courtesy car and it was the same.

Are all Yaris's like this or is it just my local garage who cant put them back on right?

[vickyvulture]

Have been meaning to post this a while back.

But when my wheels are straight my steering wheel points slightly to the left. I drove a Yaris courtesy car and it was the same.

Are all Yaris's like this or is it just my local garage who cant put them back on right?

This aint much of a help, but i have a 2001 yaris, and my steering wheel is deffinately straight! Maybe you have Woody's steering wheel to go with his number plate! :P

[T V O R]

It should be straight.

Tracking will sort it

[skyliner34]

Must be out quite a bit then. It's at roughly 10 - 11 o'clock. How much does Toyota charge to adjust the tracking? Mind you, probably wont get my local toyota to do it, as the courtesy car was exacly the same!!

Btw, does tracking being out give bad handing?

[smilybrad]

I took my car to get tracked about 5-6 times in one day once as the toyota dealer kept !Removed! up the steering position.

i'd suggest taking it to a specialist who modify cars, and or do motorsports as they will know what their doing!!

most of the time they just don't lock the steering wheel in place then try adjusting the wheels which screws the central position up.

Brad =)

[LittleM@n]

I have mine done twice by different "specialists".

In the begining it was turned a little to the left (like 1 o'clock). After I've done it once, it was turned to the left (about 11 o'clock). And after the second time the things got improved, now is turned also to the left but just at 11:30 :P

The problem is that the people that set your steering can't see which is the real center, because the forms of the yaris. All you have to do is to ask the man that set it to let you stay in the car and move the wheel to the center when he needs it.

[seveer unaek]

It's a small Yaris quirk... So long as it's not actually pulling you to the left or rattling your arms off on the motorway then tracking should be fine.

A good track and wheel balance does wonders to a car though. Infact, im gonna give a run-down off the best modifications you can do to your car to improve it's performance and driveability, do all these and it improves it no end. Especially on cars 50k+ miles.

Clean or re-new air filter, clean maf-sensor, change Battery and primary earth connection, get tracking done and all wheels balanced, re-set ecu, drive steady to motorway, then gun-it onto it reaching limiter in 1st, 2nd and 3rd (although 3rd is at 90mph+!) then settle at 70-80mph cruise for a good 20-30 miles, then vary gears for nextt 10-15 miles (at 70-80mph). Then run it down your favourite back-road and voila, your car will run really nice! Mine certainly did! (Except for the nackerd bushes!)