A few weeks back I brought my 1.9 Comfort estate in for a new front tyre and thought I would get full allignment done because of new drop links etc (steering was felt fine before alignmnet). Tyre was replaced and alignment done but when I took it out on the road the car immediately pulled to left and I have to drive with my hand contantly correcting the steering wheel to stop it finding the ditch. Immediately brought it back to them and they swapped the tyres front to back and still the same problem, fitter tells me he dials in the right settings, takes it for a drive of about half a mile and immediately its pulling. They have redone it three times and it still is the same. He is able to show me the toes being right but the castor is well out on lhs and there is nothing he can do and he thinks I probably will have to fit a new top bush on the lhs shock or even replace the shock itself. Me thinks they have not a baldy and their machine is not calibrated - however they say it is calibrated weekly and they do an average of 4 cars a day and no one is having these issues recently.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated thanks.

Edited 9 February, 201115 yr by fj1200a

Are you sure it Castor angle that's out and not Camber? In any case, fault is likely to be different tread patterns between tyres, or wishbone bushes need replaced.

Almost sure he said it was castor as he could not adjust this. New console bushes and front bushes fitted as well and the same tyres fitted - that is why I left it in for alignment. Cannot understand why it went in ok and came out pulling so badly.

Edited 9 February, 201115 yr by fj1200a

Sound like tyre issue. Try swaping front tyres side to side. If it will drive ok - there you go. If will pull other way then its a tyre problem. If its going to be the same - camber/caster problem or they just done it wrong.

Where are based? I know very good place for alignment services in Leeds.