Bakersboy
Member Since: 18 Jun 2009
Location: North Lincolnshire
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| Slight Pull to the left....? |
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Hi Guys,
My new car seems to have a slight pull to the left .....but only some of the time! I checked the tyre pressures (which were slightly out) and now it is bemusing me - because it's not there all the time. I am aware that the Disco seems to be quite wind susceptable (more than my previous estate) but ..could it also be quite camber sensitive? Or, should I get it checked out? It's not fierce or anything...only slight...just enough to be irritating when it happens. Ideas welcome. Many thanks. 09MY HSE Almond leather with Privacy and Towpack.
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 20th Jun 2009 9:38 pm |
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jkp
Member Since: 17 Sep 2005
Location: Living among Bawbags
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Will probably need alignment checked. Mine does the same and is being checked this week. Should have been today but a communication breakdown had me going there today to find no-one about.
Slight pull on flat and gets worse depending on camber and speed.
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| 20th Jun 2009 9:44 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Lower control arm bush wear will do this too but you will probably have noticed other symptoms like a clunk over large humps. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 21st Jun 2009 3:09 am |
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ad15
Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
Location: up that tree
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COULD it be where the road leans left to aid drainage? one wife.......livid
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| 21st Jun 2009 10:50 am |
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belial
Member Since: 16 Jan 2009
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Posts: 48
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^ thats going to be expensive to fix ?
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| 22nd Jun 2009 9:29 am |
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2DISCO3ORNOT
Member Since: 27 Apr 2009
Location: at sea
Posts: 1209
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My car 08MY was doing exactly the same when I picked it up last week, I dropped it in to my local Tyre Shop they have a very cool laser setup that measures everything to the Nth degree or should I say minute!
Turns out the rear right wheel was out of alignment, causing a pull to the left.
£57.50 all sorted 
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| 22nd Jun 2009 10:28 am |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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I noticed that when I took my car to France, it pulled very slightly to the right, so my conclusion is that it's road camber that causes the issue.
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| 22nd Jun 2009 10:58 am |
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freebie2disco
Member Since: 01 Jan 2007
Location: wantage
Posts: 334
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Yep I would agree with that, slight left in UK and slight right when in foreign climes. It also seems to be somewhat susceptible to grooves or ruts in the tarmac. A34 is very bad for this. But then my last car was like this it seems to be a function of width of tyre and axle width.
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| 22nd Jun 2009 11:17 am |
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