Wheel alignment and tracking done, Steering wheel not straight ?

[TheEdge]

Hi All

had my front passenger tyre replaced as there was alot of wear on the inside edge, well expected as have done 16,000 miles on the pirellis, had the tyre replaced and the car steering was slightly out basicall around the 11.55pm position ( veering slightly to the left) I was told by APS that after about 200 or so miles this will balance itself so far no luck or change ( car doesnt have any lowering modifications and is as standard ). Had tracking done on Friday and driving back I noticed the steering is now slightly veering to the the right !!! The tracking is perfect and the car goes in a straight line but the steering wheel is out to the right a little ??

Last time this happened afer all checks for any damaged suspension tracking and geometry verifications the steering wheel was taken off and slightly moved a notch or two and all was well again, has anyone had any experiences of this when changing tyres etc ?

Just dont want to go to VW dealerships sitting around getting passed from one person to another etc and then ripping me off with some burble jargon

thanks all

50500 miles and counting

[Tipex]

Wheel alignment needs to be done by some one who knows what they are doing, taking the steering wheel off, and moving it a notch is not an acceptable method of correcting an underlying problem.

If everything was straight and correct, the wheel would be straight.

I had my Galaxy aligned by a supposed 'specialist' a couple of months ago, he fecked it up so bad that the brand new tyres wore down to the canvass in under 3k miles.

So I took it back to my local tyre fitter, who i've been using for years, and he sorted it all out, now drives spot on.

[TheEdge]

thanks tipex

will take back tomorrow and get it sorted out

[TIDYDUBS]

You need to have a proper 4 wheel alignment check and adjustment not this bull S@*$ tracking check of the front wheels........that just p$%&es me off!!! I totally agree with Tipex as i do these almost every day. The underling problem could lie with the most important angle on the car and that is the REAR TOE! Without this being spot on the vehicle will veer slightly give you all sorts of potential problems. If you can imagine this being out slightly its going to push the car in the wrong direction thus scrubbing tyres.Obviously all the prerequisites for wheel alignment ie TYRE pressures all round, full tank of fuel also and its not uncommon on these and all other manufacturers,are your road springs....has one broken at rear R32's still suffer too its a myriad of things that anyone that knows their onions would of eliminated first.Id be interested to see what BULL they come up with next...........Im in the trade myself some people are just .........that aint got a bloody clue

A saying i stick to and its bloody true BUY CHEAP......BUY TWICE!!!!!

Edited November 1, 2010 by TIDYDUBS

[TheEdge]

Hi mate

thanks for the reply

had the 4 wheel alignment corrected today. It was done in about 20 minutes and I even tried it outside the industrial park entrance by the shop before driving home 12 miles. So far all is good and im quite happy tested it out ona seriously good patch of road where i live and it now seems spot on just didnt want to make the journey to VW and go through 4 different people who usually are so detached in terms of what you want and ultimately what you are paying for ? ( im sure not all dealerships are like this )

. What annoys me a little as well I probably like other drivers who are very fussy try and find faults with the accuracy of the tracking but all in all im quite happy as I was planning a visit to APS to have the tracking corrected which would be a 100 mile all round trip but would be a worthhwile one .

I always dread having tyres changed for new ones etc as for some reason the car always come out worse off and in terms of the steering being miles out? and on the winter coming as well whats the chances of the steering getting bashed and alignment getting knocked with the number of potholes road deterioration due as the weather turns to Winter.........we wait and see!!