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I'm interested to hear people's thoughts & ideas about an annoying problem I have.
My car pulls to the left, at lower speeds this is barely noticable. Above 60 mph it is a definite pull that requires me to keep constant pressure on the steering wheel. I also feel that the car is happier going around left hand bends, and the natural position that the car wants to sit in is with the steering to the slightly left position.
When I first had this I put new tyres on the car (the front left tyre was badly worn on the inside tread) and had the wheel alignment checked. The alignment appeared OK, but I still had the pull to the left.
I had steel brake hoses fitted and whilst the car was up on the ramp I checked that the front left wheel was free to rotate with no binding.
My next step was to have the suspension set-up checked and reset to correct settings. This was done, and although there was an improvement I still had the pull to the left. I have recently replaced the front tyres again and had the alignment checked, and the front left again had been scrubbed on the inside of the tread and the alignement was OK.
With the new tyres, an apparently correct suspenion set-up, correct wheel alignment and no binding of the wheel (whilst the car was raised) the car still pulls left, especially at speed.
What more can I check? I have recently read some comments in articles about the corner weights - could this affect my pull left? Or could it be a worn steering rack? Or maybe the front left wheel does bind when the weight of the car is on the wheels.
Help! I don't want to find my next front left tyre worn in the inside of the tread, and I get really frustrated holding constant pressure on the steering wheel at speed.
I'm interested to hear people's thoughts & ideas about an annoying problem I have.
My car pulls to the left, at lower speeds this is barely noticable. Above 60 mph it is a definite pull that requires me to keep constant pressure on the steering wheel. I also feel that the car is happier going around left hand bends, and the natural position that the car wants to sit in is with the steering to the slightly left position.
When I first had this I put new tyres on the car (the front left tyre was badly worn on the inside tread) and had the wheel alignment checked. The alignment appeared OK, but I still had the pull to the left.
I had steel brake hoses fitted and whilst the car was up on the ramp I checked that the front left wheel was free to rotate with no binding.
My next step was to have the suspension set-up checked and reset to correct settings. This was done, and although there was an improvement I still had the pull to the left. I have recently replaced the front tyres again and had the alignment checked, and the front left again had been scrubbed on the inside of the tread and the alignement was OK.
With the new tyres, an apparently correct suspenion set-up, correct wheel alignment and no binding of the wheel (whilst the car was raised) the car still pulls left, especially at speed.
What more can I check? I have recently read some comments in articles about the corner weights - could this affect my pull left? Or could it be a worn steering rack? Or maybe the front left wheel does bind when the weight of the car is on the wheels.
Help! I don't want to find my next front left tyre worn in the inside of the tread, and I get really frustrated holding constant pressure on the steering wheel at speed.
