Author Topic: Ah! What on heck is it?? Car still pulling to the left after all new parts  (Read 3563 times)

Offline Wayne

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Switch the wheels front to back and see if it helps.

Offline earlymk2

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Tight driveshft CV joint?

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had a brand new set of tyres fitted on a lexus a few years ago and it pulled to the left, had the

tracking set caster angels checked thrust angles reset and it still pulled;  :huh:

ended up with a different set of tyres and it was dead ahead no probs  :grin:

turned out the tyres were faulty so try another set it should cure the issue  :cool:

Offline Diamond Hell

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Definitely swap the tyres.  Have you done the top-mounts?  Has the car ever had any accident damage repaired?
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Offline RossyB108

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Ok, I'll switch the tyres front to back to see what that does - nice idea thanks.

No haven't done the top mounts, according to the previous owner they were new not that long ago so they might be ok (if they were replaced that is).

Yes it did have a scuff of the front wing but as far as I can see from the history documents and the repair job it was minor. If it's pulling because of that, would that mean the chassis is bent??!  :shocked:

Offline berni29

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Hi

My car was pulling to the left quite a lot. I set the camber yesterday (trackrite camber gauge from ebay) and it has helped greatly. It does have a tyre problem though so I will not know the full outcome till later this week when I get some different ones.

Edit, have switched the left hand tyres and it now tracks straight and goes with the camber both ways. It is a much nicer car to drive now.

Berni
« Last Edit: 06 January 2011, 07:50 by berni29 »

Offline RossyB108

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Just giong back through some old posts to update.

It was my tires in the end, switched them over and it pulled right. There's no obvious uneven wear on any of the tyres which is strange, but really does pull for some strange reason.

Offline bodga

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Try swapping your wheels and tyres around from front to back, keep them to the same side though so as not to run the tyres backwards