Mk3 steering wheel not straight?

[hazzaslim]

Hi guys I've got a mark 3 clio 1.2L 2007,
I've had ap coilovers fitted at Porsche and had the tracking done there aswell afterwards, everything was ok then.
Recently I took it to a small garage to get a wheel bearing done, when I got it back, my steering wheel is like 45 degrees to the right when going straight an if I let go of it it pulls to the left!! Anyone got any ideas? I also think that they might have accidentally adjusted the camber because to get to the wheel bearing they had to take off the hub and I can see that the top bolt from the hub onto the coilover is not in the same place as before because there is a clean mark, if that makes any sense! Anyway any help I would appreciate! Thanks

 

[DannyR]

Sounds like you know what's caused it, just get the geometry set again.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I suspect the garage didn't even know about the camber adjustment. If you can't do these things yourself, then you should take it to a garage that know their stuff.

 

[Spinksy]

Hi guys I've got a mark 3 clio 1.2L 2007,
I've had ap coilovers fitted at Porsche and had the tracking done there aswell afterwards, everything was ok then.
Recently I took it to a small garage to get a wheel bearing done, when I got it back, my steering wheel is like 45 degrees to the right when going straight an if I let go of it it pulls to the left!! Anyone got any ideas? I also think that they might have accidentally adjusted the camber because to get to the wheel bearing they had to take off the hub and I can see that the top bolt from the hub onto the coilover is not in the same place as before because there is a clean mark, if that makes any sense! Anyway any help I would appreciate! Thanks

get your car geometry set-up up again, most small garages don't even do basic tracking on your car after replacing a bearing... so its most definitely your geometry set up atm

 

[hazzaslim]

Cool cheers guys!

 

[MargateChris182]

Personally i would take it to a garage where they have 4 wheel alignment gauges. Quite a few kwik-fit branch's have them, might be worth popping down to one.
The gauges are named "Hunter" that they use, and its around £32 but it will put it spot on because they are all electronic not visual adjustment

 

[hazzaslim]

I used to work at a garage and I have used the hunter systems myself, however they're no good for cars that have been lowered because you have to select your cars factory spec in the computer and it then shows you the tolerances

 

[MargateChris182]

indead ofcourse if its lowered it wont help much. But you can always do it manually via supertracker gauges. But tbh once you have lowered it you will never get it spot on, just near to