steering wheel

In article <1135835577.905229.320600.TakeThisOut@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
chunji08.TakeThisOut@gmail.com says...
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> I have just picked the car back from the garage for its alignment, and
> notice something unusual:
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> If I put my hand on the top of the steering wheel and turn it to
> either 2 o'clock or 10 o'clock, and release the steering wheel, it will
> roll-back to 12 o'clock automatically. But if I turn it to 3 o'clock,
> and release the steering wheel, I find it never roll-back
> automatically. It just keeps that position until I push the steering
> wheel backward myself.
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> Any ideas why this happened ?
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> BTW, This is a 1996 volvo 850 wagon of 89K.
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> thanks a lot
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> Chun Ji
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The way a steering wheel returns to center on its own is a function of
the caster. On an 850, it is not adjustable. Just as the caster on a
bicyle lets the wheel return in normal riding there is a point where the
wheel will continue to turn increasingly more sharply in the direction
it is pointed until the rider either corrects it back towards straight
or crashes.

Bob
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