most cars will have a slight bias to drift to the left wo stop cars drifing into the middle of the road should the driver fall a sleep at the wheel.

 

I heard this and honestly thought my pal was taking the mickey out of me :'(

 

Was it checked twice by the same garage?

 

Different

 

Every car I have had pulled to the left (7 vauxhalls lol).. Also some roads are worse than others especially if their is alot of camber pulling you left or right

 

And both times was it checked by a Hunter laser system?

 

Mine pulls slightly to the left trackings fine tyre wear even my vxr before this one did as well there is a bit of a dead spot when the steering wheel is straight and you are going in a straight line. Nothing to much to worry about.

 

I had the same probably with mine the tracking was ok but when I got a gearbox under warranty done a few years back the so called clever mechanic at woods of west Calder never lined my subframe up properly , apperently the subframe has to be lined up true with the rest of the car . So when I was driving straight my steering wheel was turned to the right and when I let the wheel go the car shot to the left and the steering wheel went back to the straight position .


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All cars pull to the left ever so slightly....some more than others though!


So many things to consider regarding tyres, roads and of course tracking/steering. You can never guarantee a car will travel straight as you will never find a straight piece of road unless in some testing facility and everything was setup as a car may behave differently on different pieces of road.



so bottom line is don't worry about it as I went through the same thought process a few years ago until I found out it was all normal!

 

See my cars had its sub frame off a few times now and in all honesty... I believe thats when it started.
How hard is it to rejig the sub frame up?

Its not a little bit out... its a fair bit. My OCD is kicking right off!

 

They are easy to move but move it too much and it will make the car steering not centre correctly or pull more. Also the subframe isn't like a mondeo one with location holes for locking pins.

 

Iv been told to buy new bolts for this. But didnt :shrug:

 

Subframe bolts are stretch bolts.

 

Yeah, reused mine on the Gvan, no issue :shrug: infact, a few times aswel, as did VX when i let them have it, twice.

 

In fairness ive only changed them on warranty as they are required with other bolts.

 

interestingly mine also pulls to the left , i had thought it was becuase is clipped the curb when but its good to know its "normal"

 

Swap your wheels front to back and see if it still pulls.

If not you may have a out of shape tyre/wheel.

 

Has it been bumped?

 

Are you sure your steering wheel is on straight

 

Sticky caliper?

Either slider pins or piston