Tracking being out by 2 degrees will have killed the tyres. Camber will be negative if the car is lowered and isn't adjustable, but the pulling to the left is very common indeed and nothing really to worry about.

Thanks for the info sepulchrave. I haven't lowered it and as far as I know the previous owners hadn't either but if you say it's common then I'l just leave it as it is.

Do you think if the camber is out that that will scrub the tyres in anyway though?

 

Thanks again,

Tom Jones

Yup that will kill tyres,  camber is a pig to sort.  Normally it's worn ball joint or console bushes that speed up tyre wear.

 

Camber will effect inner tyre wear if too much negative. But scrubbing across tyre will be tracking out. Steering will being off centre gives that away.

 

Thats all i know anyhoo.  

Hang on, I have massive front negative camber from Bilstein suspension, all my suspension components are brand new and I have absolutely no uneven tyre wear at all, negative camber alone will not wear out the tyres, nor does it make the pulling worse, if you were to drive your car abroad you'd find it would pull to the right instead, road camber is what makes 'em pull and it's absolutely normal.

Cheers guys for that info. I've just put a couple of cooper tyres on the front and sorted the tracking so time will tell if that sorts out the scrubbing of the inner of the tyres, I'm hoping it was just **** garages I'd been to who couldn't track my car and that's why they were bald on the inside and that it'll be sorted now fingers crossed.

Just the fact that they tested your car in town is enough to make me say don't bother with them again.

 

When we do tracking on a car we make sure it doesn't pull either way at 70mph as low speed it won't be as noticeable especially going around flat roads. They will of course pull slightly to the left due to camber of the road but we try to go over the centre line when possible to ensure it doesn't pull.

Edited 5 May, 20179 yr by retro

Camber and alignment can be out due to a number of things. Bent suspension from accidents being one reason.

 

Though, removal of consoles and the subframe to do repairs to ARB and the like can result in misalignment.

 

My front tyres never seemed to last properly - due to lowered suspension followed by correction for that - then knackered console bushes..... Then I got a 4WA done and the tracking done. It's now the best it's been since I bought it new in 2005.

 

Incidentally, of the tyres I've tried Contisport 2s were the best, I'm currently running Bridgestones. Pirelli P Zero Neros were good ( though not long wearing) until the price went up lots. Rainsports a bit soft but comfy though I worried about knackering them on speed bumps.

 

J.

Retro- I agree with you about testing it around town, I thought that at the time but you won't believe how hard it is to find a good honest garage around here. But to be honest the car drives a lot better now that's its been to f1 autocentres.

 

Vindaloo- I was aware of misalignment being caused by bent suspension parts but ruled it out early because it hasn't been involved in an accident and I also haven't had it lowered but I have been told that camber can be knocked out by spirited driving around corners? doesn't make much sense but there you go. In terms of tyres I can't rate bridgestones highly enough, they were very grippy on the front before they wore on the inside.

 

Cheers guys,

Tom Jones

Agree on Bridgestone tyres, I have Potenza Adrenalin RE002 on mine, done about 3k miles so far and they have loads of life left and are really grippy and I haven't noticed it handle any different in the wet either, they aren't cheap but are worth every penny.

 

http://www.bridgestone.co.uk/car-tyres/summer-tyres-potenza/adrenalin-re002/

Edited 10 May, 20179 yr by retro