Car pulls to the left - Tracking has not been done, but no still pulls ??

Who diagnosed the faulty tracking?

That happened to me at National Tyres. They usually try to get you to have the tracking done if you buy tyres. On that occasion I did feel it could do with the tracking being adjusted, but they made it pull to the other side which was fun. All they did was put a clamp between the steering wheel and seat, then adjusted one side, so it wasn't done correctly. If the garage that said the tracking was out couldn't put it right then they need to sort it or refund the money.

Rear wheel alignment. Thats why having only the front wheels done is a complete waste of time. Get a proper four wheel alignment check done before you mess with suspension components.

Andy.

Not knowing what needs to be done to put tracking right, would you be able to do all the adjustments from inside the engine compartment on a Pug 106 ???

Oh by the way it was Quik Fit.

On driving the car away it still pulled to the left by the same amount as before tacking it in. So I phoned them up straight away, and they were just closing, so I will have to wait till tomorrow at 10am

Quik Fit

I said I thought the tracking was out as it pulled to the left.

They checked it all out and did the adjustments. They did not tell me anything, only it was Ok and gave me the bill.

'Tracking' normally means adjusting the toe-in. Wrong toe-in doesn't cause the car to pull to one side.

You have them by the short and curlies then.

HTF do you track the rear wheels?

Not knowing what needs to be done to put tracking right, would you be able to do all the adjustments from inside the engine compartment on a Pug 106 ???

Trick question as it never went up in the air.

You don't. What you do do though is adjust the fronts in relation to the rear so you don't end up crabbing down the road.

Trust me, with the level of ability THick Gits have to f*ck the job up, it can. Takes some skill to do it that badly but they seem to manage to.

You are right Dave, tyre build can cause it too. Perhaps the OP cound swap front tyres side to side and see if pull swaps sides.

Failing that did the 'pull' happen over night or was it following an incident of some kind ?

Gio

Yes.

Badly worn suspension bushes, or worn/bent suspension parts, if it isnt the tracking. Alan.

Not quite... Each rear wheel has something called a toe-link, or equivalent. Changes the angle (toe angle) of the rear wheel in the same way the track rod ends adjust the front wheels.

This is quite right, apart from one case where the toe being wrong can change the way the camber of the road is felt. But on a dead flat and level road the front toe setting should never cause a pull.

You sure about that? Are you thinking about one specific type of car, or in general?

cheers, clive

Nope - no way to do that here.

Not necessarily, the ARBs don't affect the tracking on a Mondeo.

Bent hub/leg but usually that'll be one side.

Can't speak for every car out there, but my Elise had much more to adjust than that, and down the other end of the scale my Rover 400 has an equivalent. Bloody annoying, because I drove that Rover for 5 years with a pull to one side, had the dealers look at it 5 times, and it was only when I was under the car one day I saw that the rear toe was adjustable (you should have heard the swearing!), and got someone to adjust it. All of the race cars I have owned have had this adjustable, I didn't realise standard road cars also had it. Anyhow, it now drives perfectly.

I would be suprised if all cars didn't have something, otherwise how would they get all the wheels pointing exactly right in the first place? And how about if the car was bent in a crash?

Andy.