Car pulling to right/steering wheel wonky - STILL

[electricfurnace]

Following my thread earlier about having the tracking done on the Hunter system.

I've now had the tracking done on the Hunter system however my car is still pulling to the right, and to drive straight the steering wheel has to be pushed over to the left.

Now, the tracking has been done, and I've had all steering and suspension components checked over by two seperate garages who have assured me that there is nothing wrong.

Tracking has been done at Sh*t Fit, local garage and National, before going to Autostop who did the tracking on the hunter system.

I'm stumped as to what could be wrong.

I had two new tyres put on the front (Toyo T1R) a couple of weeks ago, which were balanced and tracked. Back tyres are cheaper Kuhmo's which have approx 5-6mm left of tread in each.

Tyre pressures are spot on. Ball joints, wishbones, suspension etc are all 100% fine.

Any ideas what could be causing it? Would having two new tyres on the front affect the pulling? Don't know whether swapping the fronts and rears might sort it out? Anything else to check?


Cheers for any help.

 

[DrR]

i took mine to demon tweeks twice, they used the full laser thing, completely fucked up the car, took it to minivalver off here, cars now straight as, and he used bits of strings to do it.

 

[Damo_Sport]

Im getting the exact same thinhg.. steering wheel not sitting flush when going straight and ive also had my tracking done... so il keep a eye on this thread

 

[brownale01]

I had it, my steering wheel is still a little weird sometimes, but my brother did my tracking at his garage in essex, and then messed about with the bolts underneath the car i assume on the rack, and straightened it out and having a drive, but on some roads it still sits really weirdly to one side or the other, yet some are fine

 

[Tupps]

I'm having this issue still

Car doesn't seem 100% sturdy on the road, snakes all over and tramlines

I'll put up with it untill something is suggested

 

[Henry]

think you said you'd had someone OK them, but are you sure the pads/calipers are ok?

it's worth spending a little time to take the pads out and clean everything up (posted a brief guide to this a little while ago)

i've had people muck up wheel balancing before now as well but you could try swapping front to back, or left to right to see if that reveals anything

there's a whole load of things that could be affecting it - bit of a headache but it's probably best to come up with a list and work through it all, starting with cheapest/simplest, obviously

 

[electricfurnace]

yeah, had brakes checked and cleaned when I had my service at the same time. very annoying, no garage can seem to get the tracking right!

 

[BIFCAIDS]

my steering wheels on the piss but car drive straight

 

[richy22]

LOL this is where my steering wheel is to drive straight....

If I let go it pulls to the left and if I put it central I can go round slight left hand bends

 

[electricfurnace]

Christ! I thought mine was bad! Does that not bug the hell out of you?

 

[BIFCAIDS]

jesus mines not that bad lol

 

[richy22]

Christ! I thought mine was bad! Does that not bug the hell out of you?

jesus mines not that bad lol

Naa not really got used to it ..its going in soon for a new driveshaft, then will be going to get laser tracked/camber'b etc.

Its fun in the snow though!

 

[Slammed172]

A wonky steering wheel is quite possibly the most annoying thing EVER, lol.

 

[caister]

A wonky steering wheel is quite possibly the most annoying thing EVER, lol.

Definitely. I had mine done by a hunter system and although it tracks perfectly straight and is miles better to drive the steering wheel is ever so slightly off centre.

Unfortunately it all comes down to the numpty operating the equipment as it normally means they didn't lock the steering wheel in the centre before adjusting the track rods.

 

[W111ALG]

Mine had these symtoms turned out to be a sticking piston on one of my rear calipers causing car to go to that side.

 

[Dunn]

check for leaking rear shocks as this makes car unstable an snake a bit.thats what ive put mine down too.an my steerin wheel is off aswell but hasnt been in for tracking yet.but it annoys me how unstable my car is at speed its like its on ice :dead: