Driving to the left...
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Bing - you're not left handed are you. . . . .
I'll get me coat again
On a more serious note - wheel bearing? (Check for heat when you do your mini hoon)
I'll get me coat again
On a more serious note - wheel bearing? (Check for heat when you do your mini hoon)
Bing said:Cheers guys, think I'm down to either a character trait, or a binding caliper. I'll go for a wee drive in a bit to try and eliminate the latter. A 'trait' I can learn to live with. As for a buckled wheel, both front wheels were balanced, so they'd have spotted that. And they are both pretty new as PVR kept having them changed because of sub-standard paintwork
I think you would have felt a buckled wheel Bing....
Having said that depending who is doing the balancing its not necessary they look for a buckle....the user has to watch the wheel on the machine and quite often this can get covered depending on the machine :!:
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I looked into this a fair amount a while back and remember there were a fair few threads here about pulling to the left on the ///M.
I thought my car was pulling to the left but eventually came to the conclusion that the ///M seems to be affected by road camber A LOT, especially when the car is not running on Conti M3 tyres which it's geometry was designed for.
Most road camber goes to the left in UK, even when the road looks to be totally flat.
I started to notice this on my car when I changed the tyres 6 months or so ago from Conti M3s all round. I am sure it did not do it before I changed or if it did, it was negligible. I changed to Michelin PSS's via GoodYearF1 assys. It is much better on the PSS's than it was with the F1's but still more affected than when on the Conti M3's.
I had a full Hunter KDS alignment done and everything is fine. I put it down to the ///M simply being badly affected by camber when not on Conti M3's.
I have found a part of the A20 though which is a good test where the camber switches from left to right. When the camber switches to the right, the behaviour reverses and the car wants to go right so I know it is the camber. You look to be down the road in Maidstone, so I can tell you where it is if you like for you to test.
Without wishing to sound rude, how can you be sure that the road you are testing on is without any camber at all?
I thought my car was pulling to the left but eventually came to the conclusion that the ///M seems to be affected by road camber A LOT, especially when the car is not running on Conti M3 tyres which it's geometry was designed for.
Most road camber goes to the left in UK, even when the road looks to be totally flat.
I started to notice this on my car when I changed the tyres 6 months or so ago from Conti M3s all round. I am sure it did not do it before I changed or if it did, it was negligible. I changed to Michelin PSS's via GoodYearF1 assys. It is much better on the PSS's than it was with the F1's but still more affected than when on the Conti M3's.
I had a full Hunter KDS alignment done and everything is fine. I put it down to the ///M simply being badly affected by camber when not on Conti M3's.
I have found a part of the A20 though which is a good test where the camber switches from left to right. When the camber switches to the right, the behaviour reverses and the car wants to go right so I know it is the camber. You look to be down the road in Maidstone, so I can tell you where it is if you like for you to test.
Without wishing to sound rude, how can you be sure that the road you are testing on is without any camber at all?
Mr he ace is on Conti M3s, so could be. I willdo. Search as well, it would seem I fell foul of the newbie affliction late on Saturday
Be useful to m ow where that bit of road is sniffer, ta
And no proofs with your question - in fairness, I dont know there is no camber. But I chose my words carefully - it is driving to the left, not pulling. The steering wheel 'settles' left ever so slightly, every time. It's weird.
Be useful to m ow where that bit of road is sniffer, ta
And no proofs with your question - in fairness, I dont know there is no camber. But I chose my words carefully - it is driving to the left, not pulling. The steering wheel 'settles' left ever so slightly, every time. It's weird.
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The piece of road which proved to me it was road camber and not my car Is on the A20 London bound, between the junction for Orpington / SIdcup South and the next junction which is for Queen Marys Hospital / Chislehurst.
Heading North on the A20, you go past the McDonalds drive through and BP petrol station on the other side, the road then goes down hill quite steeply then up the other side, the road then bends round to the right. Once you are round the right hand bend, the road is straight in front of you for a while and you have to go down a hill, at the bottom of the hill is the exit which takes you down onto Crittals Corner roundabout, Sidcup.
Stay in the right lane and all along here, the car will want to go left, when you pass the Crittals corner exit, you go onto a flyover and half way through, the camber switches from slight left to moderate right. On my car, it immediately tries to go the other way and this proved to me it was the car, which seems to be very affected by camber.
You can come and have a go in mine if you like and drive it back to back with yours.
Heading North on the A20, you go past the McDonalds drive through and BP petrol station on the other side, the road then goes down hill quite steeply then up the other side, the road then bends round to the right. Once you are round the right hand bend, the road is straight in front of you for a while and you have to go down a hill, at the bottom of the hill is the exit which takes you down onto Crittals Corner roundabout, Sidcup.
Stay in the right lane and all along here, the car will want to go left, when you pass the Crittals corner exit, you go onto a flyover and half way through, the camber switches from slight left to moderate right. On my car, it immediately tries to go the other way and this proved to me it was the car, which seems to be very affected by camber.
You can come and have a go in mine if you like and drive it back to back with yours.
I had a sticking caliper but it was really bad. Causing a heck of a lot of vibration and there was a real feeling of heat from the passenger side front wheel arch. BUT no warning light. So your issue could be a caliper on the way out.
Give it a good run out and then see if the passenger wheel arch smells and is warmer than the drivers side.
If it isn't at least it's another thing to rule out.
Give it a good run out and then see if the passenger wheel arch smells and is warmer than the drivers side.
If it isn't at least it's another thing to rule out.