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Well that's interesting, and unusual. Without correction that would give a minor right steering bias I think? The camber spec is the same on the left and right side of the axle so some bias might help minimally to counter road camber (crown) on RHD vehicles wanting to run to the left and low side of the road. NA and presumably EU vehicles have the dampener flipped but I haven't seen the mounting to know if a dampener bias might be in play here. Presumably the NA/EU vehicles are tracking straight?Maybe, but the factory steering damper on the Grenadier is not neutral. It seems to be pressurised so it always wants to extend to its full length when removed, unlike other dampers which stay at the length you compress or extend them to. While this force is relatively low compared to other forces in the steering mechanism it may be contributing to the wandering?
I recall when military mogs first came into service in Australia they had terrible lane position holding and wanted to run off the left side of the road due to a fixed camber angle built into the axle for LHD/Euro markets, i.e. opposite road camber/crown to RHD/Australia where we often have apexed roads. A modification kit was fitted to correct the camber so mogs would track straight.