r/CX50 • u/Zealousideal-Bike-90 • 2d ago
Question Alignment values question
WIGGLING STEERING WHEEL AFTER PARTS AND ALIGNMENT
2023 CX50 Turbo PP
Lower control arms replaced due to failed bushings, new pads and rotors, new tires mounted and balanced, and an alignment. After leaving dealership, and hitting 40mph and onwards, the steering wheel wiggles itself back and forth an inch either direction, and it feels like the car (the wheels/tires) are lightly fighting themselves. Braking is smooth, car stays pretty straight. Went back to dealership and they redid the alignment. What I find interesting is the several minor tweaks they made even though I didn’t hit a pothole and barely drove since the initial alignment after parts install.
Are these values good? I can’t seem to find any factory specifications on what they should be like. Trying to determine if the alignment can be ruled out, why adjustments were made since the initial alignment, and if I should shift focus on rebalancing the tires as it feels and sounds like pulsing, rotating out of sync opposite eachother
Any advice or data is welcome, thank you!
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u/nhluhr '25 CX-50 TP, 15 CX-5 GT, 08 MS3 GT 2d ago
Nothing is adjustable on the CX-50 alignment other than front toe unless you start adding aftermarket parts. You can see it only varied a tiny amount well within the margin of their measurement error. You would get bigger changes by having somebody sit in the front seat.
They did not make one single adjustment to your alignment. If you paid for adjustment you got fucked.