Hi,

I have steering issues with both of our cars, despite them both being tracked quite recently by a place that has one of those camera based system that adjusts down to minutes, instead of just degrees.

The Toyota - on a level road, if you let go of the wheel, the steering wheel returns to centre but the car pulls to the left. You have to steer to the right consistently to keep straight. There is no sign of abnormal wear on the tyres, and pressures are ok too. I have changed front discs and pads, and it did it before and after this. I will be changing the rears tomorrow and will look for signs of sticking brakes.

My Octy - To go straight the steering wheel has to be slightly to the left. The top centre is about 3/4 in to the left of centre. If you let go of the wheel, the wheel stays in that 'slightly to the left' position.

Both are driving me mad!!

Uneven tie rod adjustments.

Sounds like badly done tracking. My superb was the same, took it to one place and they did a 4WA and when I got it back the car was the same. So I took it somewhere else, where all they do all day long is wheel alignment. After several hours of adjusting while I watched, got the car back from them and it was transformed. The car now runs straight, let go of the wheel on a flat road and the car does not pull at all.

Its not the equipment, its the operators of the kit and how well they know what they are doing.

Sounds like badly done tracking. My superb was the same, took it to one place and they did a 4WA and when I got it back the car was the same. So I took it somewhere else, where all they do all day long is wheel alignment. After several hours of adjusting while I watched, got the car back from them and it was transformed. The car now runs straight, let go of the wheel on a flat road and the car does not pull at all.

Its not the equipment, its the operators of the kit and how well they know what they are doing.

Was that expensive, compared to a "normal" track? I paid £32 for the tyre place in Beverley to do mine. Won't be going back there though.....

I think the toyota's problem is a sticky rear caliper. I changed the rear pads today and the outside caliper of the rear nearside set was worn to 90%. The other three pads weren't anywhere near as worn.

After I changed the pads, (i put some copperslip on the parts where the pads slide in the housing) it didn't seem to be pulling quite as much.

Is this something I can do myself, or is a new caliper required?

Cheers,

Martin