Can people help me?

 

My car seems to be pulling to the left.

I have had the wheels balanced and had them lazer alligned which has helped but it still pulls slightly.

 

Can any one think of a reason?

 

What is the next course of action? Get it on a Jig?

 

Can any one think of what to check next? I have also noticed when I reverse and turn the wheel hard right, I get a grinding clinking noise. Could that have anything to do with it?

 

Stuart

duff supension bush? maybe even a duff shock,broken spring

Brakes.

Hi Scoops.

 

Could be the spring, but the ride hight is correct. I checked with the book and measured it. Do you have any idea which bush could cause it? The Torsion ones have been done.

 

Mark, Whats the best way to test the brakes? They seem fine but the passenger one does stick a little bit more than the drivers, not by much though.

If I spin the drivers when its jacked up it turns roughly one time round before stops. The passenger stops after half a turn or so. Is that enough to make a difference?

 

Stuart

Mine did this once - thought it was the brakes, but when I'd changed the wheels off the car I'd put them back the wrong way right on the left etc - changed them back and voila - it says on the alloy which side is which - It might be due to that or the wear on the tyres are uneven. Have a look and see.

hi stuart, mine is the same mate, ive just replaced the t-rods, and had my front tyres swaped over (left to right) because they where wearing on the inside quite alot, i thought this was becuase of knackerd t-rods., so i changed them

 

my car drives in a straight line now (maybe tyre wear)

 

Jim

You say your passenger side wheel spins less, and your car pulls to the left (passenger side). It does not take much drag on the brake to pull slightly. Your wheels should spin more than half a turn.

 

Sound like your pads are dragging because the pistons are not fully retracting, mind you they dont move very far anyway. Maybe they need a strip and clean?

 

Tyres can cause it, but if you have not changed them and then the problem started, it should not be that.

 

Ride height would not, IMHO, cause it. Balancing would make no difference.

Tight wheel bearing? same as brakes = extra drag.

 

It realy should not be too hard to find. I do think it is a resistance problem not something like ride height, shock etc etc. A wheell can be quite a lot further back than the other one and if it is pointing in the right direction (tracking confirmed it is ok) not cause this so, jigging will not fix it even if it threw up another problem.