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Steering Angle: Inspection

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  1. Place the vehicle on a turning radius gauge.
  2. While depressing the brake pedal, turn the steering wheel fully to the right and left. With the steering wheel held at each fully turned position, measure both the inner and outer wheel steering angle.

    Steering angle: 

Fig 1: Steering Angle Chart
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