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Ford Flex FWD V6-3.5L (2010)03 · Maintenance
03 · Maintenance

Alignment: Specifications (page 3 of 4)

Make
Ford
Model
Flex FWD
Engine
V6-3.5L
Year
2010
Section
Alignment
MaintenanceSpecifications · page 3 of 4
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The vehicle toe setting affects tire wear and directional stability.

 
Incorrect Thrust Angle (Dogtracking)

Incorrect thrust angle (also known as dogtracking) is the condition in which the rear axle is not square to the chassis. Heavily crowned roads can give the
illusion of dogtracking.

 
Wander

Wander is the tendency of the vehicle to require frequent, random left and right steering wheel corrections to maintain a straight path down a level road.

 
Shimmy

Shimmy, as experienced by the driver, is large, consistent, rotational oscillations of the steering wheel resulting from large, side-to-side (lateral)
tire/wheel movements.

Shimmy is usually experienced near 64 km/h (40 mph), and can begin or be amplified when the tire contacts pot holes or irregularities in the road
surface.

 
Nibble

Sometimes confused with shimmy, nibble is a condition resulting from tire interaction with various road surfaces and experienced by the driver as small
rotational oscillations of the steering wheel.

 
Poor Returnability/Sticky Steering

Poor returnability and sticky steering are used to describe the poor return of the steering wheel to center after a turn or steering correction.

 
Drift/Pull

Pull is a tugging sensation felt by the hands on the steering wheel that must be overcome to keep the vehicle going straight.

Drift describes what a vehicle with this condition does with the hands off the steering wheel.

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A vehicle-related drift/pull on a flat road causes a consistent deviation from the straight-ahead path and requires constant steering input in the
opposite direction to counteract the effect.

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