Did you get a wheel alignment as well?
Did you get a wheel alignment as well?
Yes, I read it the same way. The reason I ask is the other post #121 where it was asked about a wheel alignment. Except the toe setting there should be no way to alter any wheel alignment with solid axles.
I wonder if this will self center? I'm contemplating removing the factory damper to see how it affects the steering. I'm already used to the lack of self centering, but I'd still prefer it to do so.
I am lucky in that mine does seem to self centre although not as quickly as my wife's X3.
That's interesting, I don't think I've heard anyone say that theirs fully self centers. Mine starts to center (especially at speed) but you have to finish the rotation about 1/2 way through otherwise it stops. Everyone seems to have a varying degree of self centering and this could just come down to castor, but even at the factory setting, I haven't heard of one that fully centers.
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I think the steering is very positive and stable. I’ve been over some very serious terrain and hit huge pot holes at speed but everything still tight and aligned. 260km today on gravel road with corrugated sections. 100km per hour with centre diff locked. Very stable and feels reel safe. When feeling the back end slide just pile on a bit of power and pull out of it. I really do think the steering is great and I love driving rally style when on the better gravel or wide sand roads.
Definitely and that goes for suspension to in my view. I’m going to be looking at some spacer blocks for the springs rather than swapping them out as I think the current spring and shock setup is real smooth and a good compromise between carrying load and driving with lighter weights. Certainly today travelling at speed over undulating terrain it was real smooth and never hit the bump stops.
I promise you that your ‘feel’ will adapt to the Grenadier. I was a bit tentative to begin with even though I spent years adventuring in Africa (Lancashire to Cape Town a couple of times) in various Defenders. I now find the steering second nature and it proved ‘some machine’ in the snows of the Alps. For regular UK use I would go for the dual purpose rather the full off-road tyres. The dual purpose provide more precise steering. There where a few thinks that ii was a bit unsure of but now absolutely love the Grenadier. Today I drove my Defender Adventure for the first time in ages. I have retained it for nostalgic reasons. Only now do I appreciate what a brilliant job Ineos has performed. It really is the Defender successor.
Just balanced.
splter. He has put this rig thru its paces like most of us only dream of and it has performed. All US dealers are prepping differtly with pre delivery inspection. Mine from Ko has been perfect. It’s a tank. Drives like a 4x4. Exceeded my expectations after weighing all posts on forum as a daily activity.
I don’t think any dealer is doing alignment prior to a sale or delivery.
There are definitely some that are; I'm not saying that it is part of their PDI for every vehicle, but alignments are being done by some for certain vehicles
