My mk3 gti pulls and snatchs the steering wheel when hitting bumps

[beccasmk3gti]

hi my mk3 gti snatchs and pulls the steering when i hit a pot hole in the road or raised iron works its really annoying. i know the tracking is out left hand down and does pull that way when u hit the bump and the tyres are budget cheap ones which dont help. so replacing the tyres for toyo proxes t1-r's and getting all 4 wheels laser aligned should that cure it?

[DEANATRON]

Might be that your shocks/ dampers are stiff mate. I just had the same problem on my fiesta!
Take it to the garage

[mat-ryder]

check your lca bushes

[kells]

toyos are poop, would get something different if i was you

[mr.ots]

I had the same problem on my Corrado after I had the top mounts changed. It felt like the steering wheel was being pulled over to one side when I hit a bump or pothole. Once I had the four wheel alignment done it cured it completely.

I have Toyos on the front and find them pretty good.

[Pete Taylor]

Could be a worn bush or more likely the track rod ends giving you some grief, If it's been lowered then it really needs 3 wheel alignment done rather than just the tracking to make sure the wheels are sitting at the right camber. It's a specialist job and 9 out of 10 places that do tracking cannot adjust your camber. I got mine done and it made an amazing difference, you don't realise how bad it is until it's all straight

[beccasmk3gti]

cars not been lowered standard ride height! had top mounts done for its mot! which was in october and has only done 1000 miles since then! i thought ball joint could have gone but will see when i get it laser aligned! tracking is way out! but like i said cheap tyres with loads of flex in the side walls dont help my car! toyo's are cheap round me 62 quid for standard gti size 205 50 15 v! got yoko a539's on my 2.5v6 omega!

[boneybradley]

if the trackings way out thats your main problem!! oh and toyos are well priced nowadays (and as good as my fulda's!!) and you can get 195/50's (which fit the gti perfectly) for under £40 each now

[Benny T]

iv got this problem too! i had the wheels aligned, well they still werent aligned so i took it back and they sorted it, well its pretty straight now. But mine pulls to the one side too, i can also feel it pulling when i put my foot down, is this normal?
what is the camber? is it an expensive job?

[Len]

Camber is looking at the wheel front on. Its vertical alignment and this can be positive or negative camber.