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Old 11 March 2012, 03:56 AM
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I have had 4 wheel alignment done twice now and they say it's spot on,, but car still pulls quick to the left if u let go of the steering,,, and just generally feels like someone is rocking your car side to side while u drive at some speed and just makes me feel unsafe at times.,, any idea to what,,, all I can think of is maybe the tyres are the problem as bushes seem fine.,,

Is there somewhere I can go and someone knows how to set these up completely? I'm located ok south west
Old 11 March 2012, 03:59 AM
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I have had 4 wheel alignment done twice now and they say it's spot on,, but car still pulls quick to the left if u let go of the steering,,, and just generally feels like someone is rocking your car side to side while u drive at some speed and just makes me feel unsafe at times.,, any idea to what,,, all I can think of is maybe the tyres are the problem as bushes seem fine.,,

Is there somewhere I can go and someone knows how to set these up completely? I'm located ok south west
bristol way or ?
Old 11 March 2012, 10:25 AM
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The camber of the road will make it pull to the left, the best way to find out is to find a quiet road and line the white lines of the centre of the road with your gear box/lever it should run straight there as you have even(ish) camber to each wheel
Old 11 March 2012, 11:23 AM
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I will try that and let u know how it goes,,, but doesn't answer why it rocks about as I would put it
Old 13 March 2012, 09:42 PM
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Tyres out of shape, are the tyres worn uneven, same make of tyres on the same axle, buckled wheels? Just some ideas.
Do you have a print out of the geo setup that you can post on here to see how it is?
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Old 15 March 2012, 10:55 PM
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Or can sometimes mean you have a sticking calliper. Had this on the front of my wagon, at speed the disc would get hot, expand slightly & cause it to bind slightly causing horrible handling issues.
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Was the alignment done and re-done by a reputable company?

I've had Subaru look at my geometry and it was "fine". What they meant was it was within normal tolerances and it wasn't "fine".
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Yeah it pulls really bad as soon as I let go it pulls straight to the left and feels really bad handling like a bad trolley wheel at speed lol,, enough that u don't want to put your foot down,,, anyone recommend a good place to have a car set up or someone who knows there stuff as this is really putting me off now
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I'm starting to think its a bush or a week shock
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How did you get on mate, did you get it sorted?
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Im in somerset and have the same thing pretty much, maybe we got our alignment done at the same place? lol,
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