A DC10 CREW; ON DEP; TURNED TO THE WRONG HDG DUE TO A 25 DEG ERROR IN THE COMPASS SYS.

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ON TKOF FROM RWY 1R AT SFO; THE SFO 8 DEP CALLS FOR A R TURN TO A 030 DEG HDG. BOTH COMPASS SYS WERE OFF BY 25 DEGS (WITH NO FLAGS); SO THAT WHEN I WENT TO TURN AT 500 FT; A HDG OF 030 DEGS WAS ACTUALLY A L TURN OF 5 DEGS. WE KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT; SO WE COMPARED COMPASS SYS #1 AND #2 WITH THE STANDBY (WET) COMPASS AND BY 1000 FT WE WERE TURNING THE DESIRED DIRECTION TOWARD OAKLAND ARPT. IN THE TURN; BAY DEP MUST HAVE NOTICED OUR DELAYED TURN AND CLRED US TO MAINTAIN HDG 030 DEGS. LATER THEY ASKED US IF WE WERE CLRED ON THE SFO 8 DEP; AND WE RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE; BUT THAT WE HAD A GYRO COMPASS PROB AND WE WERE TROUBLESHOOTING. WE USED THE COMPASS SYS #1 AND #2 FAST SLEW KNOB TO MATCH OUR HDGS WITH THE STANDBY COMPASS AND THE HDGS INDICATED NORMAL THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. WE COULD NOT RECALL THE INDICATED HDG DURING THE TAXI CHK (SHOULD HAVE BEEN 192 DEGS ON TXWY A); BUT OUR RESPONSES SHOWED OUR INSTS DID MATCH. NORMALLY AT LEAST 1 COMPASS SYS READS INACCURATELY AT THE GATE BECAUSE THE JETWAY AND GND EQUIP INTERFERES WITH THE FLUX VALVES IN THE WING. MOST LIKELY; BOTH COMPASS SYS READ THE SAME ON TAXI OUT; BUT BOTH HAD THE SAME ERROR OF ABOUT 25 DEGS CREATED WHILE SITTING AT THE GATE. OUR TAXI TIME OF 16 MINS EVIDENTLY WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO AUTOMATICALLY SLEW TO THE CORRECT HDG. IN SUMMARY; IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO COMPARE COMPASS SYS #1 VERSUS #2; YOU MUST COMPARE YOUR INSTS WITH A KNOWN HDG OR A STANDBY COMPASS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 504271: BOTH GYROS FAILED TO SYNCHRONIZE FOR TKOF FOR APPROX 25 DEGS OFF COURSE INDICATION. DURING SFO 8 DEP; THE HDG OF 030 DEGS WAS FLOWN ON OUR HSI FOR 1-2 MI UNTIL TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT OUR GYRO WAS OFF 25 DEGS. CTLR DID QUERY THE CREW AND AN IMMEDIATE 20 DEG TURN TO R WAS COMMENCED TO MAKE US BACK ON COURSE. NO TFC CONFLICT OCCURRED. LOGBOOK MAINT WRITE-UP FOLLOWED. INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 504765: ON TAXI OUT FROM SFO; CAPT AND FO BOTH READ SAME HDG AS WE CHKED THE HDG CARDS. (I READ THE CHKLIST.) BOTH HDGS WERE OFF BY 30 DEGS. AFTER TKOF; WE REALIZED THE PROB WHEN THEY TURNED THE WRONG WAY! SHOULD HAVE MATCHED HDGS WITH THE RWY!