Member Since: 20 Jun 2012
Location: south yorkshire
Posts: 125
Tight tracking mode disco 3
How do you put the disco into tight tracking mode or what is the procedure for proper four wheel tracking
22nd Sep 2019 8:15 pm
Sea Raider
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22nd Sep 2019 8:25 pm
barnsleytyke
Member Since: 20 Jun 2012
Location: south yorkshire
Posts: 125
No, I am just enquiring as to make sure that whoever tracks my car next week is familiar with what is required.
Cheers
22nd Sep 2019 10:12 pm
M3bobby
Member Since: 21 May 2018
Location: Sleaford, LINCS.
Posts: 857
It’s tight tolerance mode but I don’t think you need that for tracking, if you have a 4 wheel alignment done then you will.
23rd Sep 2019 8:40 am
RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1738
have just had my 4 wheel tracking done at Kwik Fit (although im reserving judgement on the quality of their work)
they didnt do anything special for the tracking but for removing the front wheels for balancing they put my D4 into off road height, opened the boot fully, and put the hazards on. Apparently this locks the suspension and protects the air bags
that was their reasoning anyway
23rd Sep 2019 8:46 am
M3bobby
Member Since: 21 May 2018
Location: Sleaford, LINCS.
Posts: 857
Tracking is just the adjustment on the Track rods on the front wheels and is to align the front wheels. 4 way alignment adjusts camber, caster and toe which corrects the thrust line. The car should be in tight tolerance mode for this and done at normal road height. If the adjustments are carried out at any other height then the bushes will be under tension when at normal height and cause premature wearing.
23rd Sep 2019 11:33 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
RogB wrote:
have just had my 4 wheel tracking done at Kwik Fit (although im reserving judgement on the quality of their work)
they didnt do anything special for the tracking but for removing the front wheels for balancing they put my D4 into off road height, opened the boot fully, and put the hazards on. Apparently this locks the suspension and protects the air bags
that was their reasoning anyway
I reckon you may have troubles ahead if they put it into off road height and adjusted it.
23rd Sep 2019 1:46 pm
ianm27
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
I think RogB is talking about just removing the wheels for balancing, not doing the tracking.
And that sequence - off-road height, open boot, turn on hazards - does sound like the instructions I seem to remember reading when wasting 5 minutes waiting for SWMBO and I flicked through the manual Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
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23rd Sep 2019 2:15 pm
wizbongre
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 698
I see people mention tight tolerance mode in relation to a lot of alignment issues and keep meaning to ask - do people keep their engine running when this is done?
I'm sure if I put my D3 into tight tolerance mode it resets when I turn the engine off, so I'd need to do it with the engine running and leave it that way on the ramp, which I'm not sure if Kwik-Fit or whoever would be keen on?Cheers,
Gareth
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23rd Sep 2019 2:40 pm
M3bobby
Member Since: 21 May 2018
Location: Sleaford, LINCS.
Posts: 857
No, once it’s in TTM it stays in TTM until it’s cancelled. Mine comes up in the cluster with a warning ‘Not in Customer Mode’ when you start the engine.
23rd Sep 2019 5:12 pm
RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1738
lynalldiscovery wrote:
RogB wrote:
have just had my 4 wheel tracking done at Kwik Fit (although im reserving judgement on the quality of their work)
they didnt do anything special for the tracking but for removing the front wheels for balancing they put my D4 into off road height, opened the boot fully, and put the hazards on. Apparently this locks the suspension and protects the air bags
that was their reasoning anyway
I reckon you may have troubles ahead if they put it into off road height and adjusted it.
tracking was done at normal height up on the ramps with the fronts on floating disc plates
balancing was where they lifted it up and opened the boot etc.
i still think i may have troubles though as it was Kwik Cr@p after all
24th Sep 2019 6:43 am
wizbongre
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 698
M3bobby wrote:
No, once it’s in TTM it stays in TTM until it’s cancelled. Mine comes up in the cluster with a warning ‘Not in Customer Mode’ when you start the engine.
Great stuff - thanks.
Re. Kwik-fit, they have all of the right Hunter gear and my experience has mostly been positive with them. They offer a deal where you pay a small extra price (relatively speaking) and can go back for as many further alignments over a year as you want/need. With a Disco, this can be pretty cost effective!Cheers,
Gareth
'57 D3 2.7 TDV6 HSE gone and soon to be forgotten!
‘15 D4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Luxury
'64 Audi A6 3.0BiTDi Quattro S-Line Black Edition with lots of toys
24th Sep 2019 8:21 am
RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1738
i didnt opt for that as i thought they were taking the
£75 for front and rear tracking - £119 for a 2 year package which they reduced to £100 straight away for as many visits as i wanted, yes it was only another £25 but ive never had to take a car back more than once in my ownership for tracking.
but then this is the first air suspension car ive owned so maybe i messed up
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