i just had 2 new wishbones put on as it felt a bit loose up front and it turned out both the p bushes were completely f**cked.

anyway, since it's been done the steering feels a bit heavier in general and also if you turn a right angeled corner for instance i almost have to straighten the wheel up myself where as you used to be able to let it slide through your hands.

i haven't had the tracking done yet so do you think this is likely to be the cause.

(after a quick google before posting this i believe it may be caster which is causing this).

cheers.

"Castor is a little more difficult to understand.
Looking at the car side-on, imagine an axis
line drawn through the steering axis of the
wheel, so on a car with a McPherson-strut this
line would be straight along the vertical axis of
the strut. Positive castor occurs when the top
of the axis line tilts more towards the rear of
the car (the green line in the diagram).
Negative caster is the opposite (the red line).
The benefit of positive caster is that it
provides good self-centering of the steering,
allowing the car to travel in a straight line
without constant holding of the wheel.
Increasing negative caster will increase
steering effort, weight and feel at the expense
of self-centering. "

Negative castor it is then. The balljoint's on the old wishbones were loose as a whores asshole as well.

Does anyone know if this is beneficial? I was thinking I had to fight the car a bit to keep it straight on the country roads. But then this does give it more 'feel'. I sort of like it in a way. And castor has no affect on tyre wear so...