TheJoker
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« on: September 24, 2006, 01:40:01 pm » |
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Guys, Yesterday during my test drive I noticed that the car pulls a bit to the right. Not very much, but enough to have to counter it on the steering wheel. The pulling was there also during the brakes. The first thing I'd have a look at is obviously tyre pressures - however if it still pulls to the right next week when I pick it up and the tyre pressures are OK... What else could be wrong? Maybe the tracking just needs an adjustment..? What do you think? Should I be worried?
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TheJoker
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2006, 03:16:03 pm » |
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I would always be worried by such a thing and require the problem to be at least diagnosed before you get the car. It could be as simple as tyre pressure, but it could also be much more serious.
With the wide rims your car has, it doesn't take much misalignment to pull to one side.
If you want to accept the car as it is (even with this problem), I suggest you first check the obvious: Tyre wear & pressure, and then has tracking adjusted. Is the steering wheel pointing right up when you are going straight on?
Thanks for that Anders. I probably will accept the car as it is. I'd rather fix things myself (and know it's done to my liking) than delay and hassle (the car is 70 miles away as it is). It doesn't pull a lot and it doesn't vibrate. Obviously I want it to go absolutely straight. If the tyres are up to pressure I'll porbably take it to my local garage and have them look at it. I can't remember, but I think the steering wheel was pretty straight (I guess I was mostly focused on vibrations, odd sounds etc). Thanks again.
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2006, 08:37:18 pm » |
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tracking misalignments can happen in many ways, but in most cases they can be eradicated by a simple adjustment - provided you have the correct tools. My J63, however had to undergo a slightly more elaborous adjustment to get the left front suspension straight, - I think the previoius oner had run over a major pothole, making the whole suspensions go pearshaped. Once the backward running arm had been freed up, it was a minor matter of turning a rod a few turns, and reassemble - and we got it spot on. However, the "we" were a professional, with me as onlooker I have btw explained that adjustment here: http://www.matrasport.dk/forum/index.php?topic=205.msg983#msg983It mainly caused tyre wear, but the previous owner said something about having the car track-adjusted everytime he changed wheels or tyres, - which caused me to look deeper into the rather obvious tyre-wear problem.
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2006, 09:25:03 am » |
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Is the steering wheel pointing right up when you are going straight on? Having driven the car now for a little while and adjusted the tyre pressures. The car still pulls to the left a bit. It feels like sometimes it's more and sometimes it's less, but that's probably due to the road etc. The front does have two different tyres on them (must verify that they're the same size too ) The steering wheel is pointing to the left too, but i correct it to point more or less straight ahead, and then the car goes straight ahead. I'm going to keep a good eye on the tyre-wear and see if that might reveal something.
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