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Old Apr 2, 2020 | 02:00 AM
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I disabled it after Wicked ace directed me to a thread where he mentioned he disabled it through forscan. I was having issues after I did bilsteins and got 2 alignments and steering was off center and would just wander like crazy. So I went into PSCM and went to line 730 01 02 for pull drift compensation. Have to change the value to 0 as follows
From this 730-01-02 xxxx xxx1 xxxx
To this 730-01-02 xxxx xxx0 xxxx
1=enabled 0=disabled
Felt the difference right away. Then a month later I got curious and turned it back to its original value but also did the Calibrate Longitudinal Sensor procedure as well so I am not sure if re-enabling the pull/drift compensation allowed it to relearn since just disconnecting battery doesnt change it or if the calibration procedure corrected it or it may have been both. From what others have posted just disabling it and re-enabling right after doesnt work. Need to drive with it off for couple days then try turning it back for it too relearn. Can also just leave it off as well if you wish.
Yup! After your post I did a search and found the post by wicked ace. So did disabling it center the steering wheel? Or did you have to align it again, then disable?
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Old Apr 2, 2020 | 10:52 AM
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Yup! After your post I did a search and found the post by wicked ace. So did disabling it center the steering wheel? Or did you have to align it again, then disable?
Disabling it left the wheel centered while driving ans didnt have the drift/wandering issue. Drove like how it is supposed too. I didnt get an alignment afterwards as I had 2 done before hand and felt it wasnt worthwhile to do another.
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Old Apr 2, 2020 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 4.6Intruder
Disabling it left the wheel centered while driving ans didnt have the drift/wandering issue. Drove like how it is supposed too. I didnt get an alignment afterwards as I had 2 done before hand and felt it wasnt worthwhile to do another.
OK. So the wheel was off center and disabling made the wheel center itself? Or was it centered before you disabled it? Sorry. I just want to be clear. Thanks.
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Old Apr 2, 2020 | 06:32 PM
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OK. So the wheel was off center and disabling made the wheel center itself? Or was it centered before you disabled it? Sorry. I just want to be clear. Thanks.
The wheel itself was centered. It was when I was driving it would be off center as I was having to keep making corrections. After I did that the wheel was straight and didnt have to keep making corrections.
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Old Apr 2, 2020 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.6Intruder
The wheel itself was centered. It was when I was driving it would be off center as I was having to keep making corrections. After I did that the wheel was straight and didn't have to keep making corrections.
Perfect! I am going to try to align my rear axle a little better today and then will take it in to adjust the caster and camber. If that doesn't work (which I don't think it will) I will reset the abs sensor. I will try that a bit. If that doesn't work, I will try and disable the pull/drift compensation. My only concern is my truck has Lane keep assist. I hope that disabling the compensation doesn't make the truck go crazy because of the LKS. I don't mind losing the LKS (I don't use it and I think it is part of the issue and would rather not have it) but I don't want to have more problems because of it.

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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 12:24 AM
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Then a month later I got curious and turned it back to its original value, but also did the Calibrate Longitudinal Sensor procedure as well
Hey, where is that? Never heard of it on FORScan, but curious on which menu it is. Haven't messed with turning off PDC yet, but want to one of these days .

By the way, none of these electronic adjustments are going to change the physical steering wheel angle. You can only zero the EPS steering sensor when the front wheels are straight, but the steering wheel itself might be off. On my truck, it's a bit off since new, but not worth taking it to a dealer, so left it as is. Somehow, the PDC seems less annoying now, which is why I haven't felt the need to mess with it. But I'm curious to turn it off and then back on and see what changes. And maybe also try the Calibrate Longitudinal Sensor procedure, once I find out what exactly it does . Is it the same thing as the zero angle? Thx.
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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ARuezga
Perfect! I am going to try to align my rear axle a little better today and then will take it in to adjust the caster and camber. If that doesn't work (which I don't think it will) I will reset the abs sensor. I will try that a bit. If that doesn't work, I will try and disable the pull/drift compensation. My only concern is my truck has Lane keep assist. I hope that disabling the compensation doesn't make the truck go crazy because of the LKS. I don't mind losing the LKS (I don't use it and I think it is part of the issue and would rather not have it) but I don't want to have more problems because of it.
i followed the exact same path as 4.6 with mine, though I had PDC disabled for close to a year before I got curios and turned it back on, but also updated the pscm firmware. I have a 502a with LKS, and PDC enabled or disabled doesn’t affect LKS in function or feel at all.

I will say, PDC has been back enabled a few months now, and while good at first, I think it’s slowly getting back into it’s wandering feel. Next time I have the cable plugged in I might just disable PDC and keep it that way.
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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 09:56 AM
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Hey, where is that? Never heard of it on FORScan, but curious on which menu it is. Haven't messed with turning off PDC yet, but want to one of these days .

By the way, none of these electronic adjustments are going to change the physical steering wheel angle. You can only zero the EPS steering sensor when the front wheels are straight, but the steering wheel itself might be off. On my truck, it's a bit off since new, but not worth taking it to a dealer, so left it as is. Somehow, the PDC seems less annoying now, which is why I haven't felt the need to mess with it. But I'm curious to turn it off and then back on and see what changes. And maybe also try the Calibrate Longitudinal Sensor procedure, once I find out what exactly it does . Is it the same thing as the zero angle? Thx.
Its in the service functions of the ABS module and it is listed as Calibrate Longitudinal Sensor. Its mentioned in the forscan thread that is stickied on page 11693. Its supposed to be similiar to that IVD initialization procedure that is in IDS. I don't know the specifics of what it actually does. The procedure itself is really simple. All it has you do is hold the wheel in the straight ahead position and you select calibrate on the pop up menu.

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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.6Intruder
Its in the service functions of the ABS module and it is listed as Calibrate Longitudinal Sensor. Its mentioned in the forscan thread that is stickied on page 11693. Its supposed to be similiar to that IVD initialization procedure that is in IDS. I don't know the specifics of what it actually does. The procedure itself is really simple. All it has you do is hold the wheel in the straight ahead position and you select calibrate on the pop up menu.
In case anyone is looking it's mentioned by Livinitup in POST # 11693 of the FORscan thread. A few days ago I saw a mention by him in another forum that it could be found by opening up the steering wheel icon in FORscan while hooked up.
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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 11:46 PM
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I tried to do it today but I immediately get stuck after the first step. Any help? @Livnitup



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