Good Morning!

 

So I have taken the car for 4 wheel hunter alignment... the chap at the "garage" adjusted my front toe, told me the rear was fine and sent me on my way. I got one the motorway and the car is noticeably pulling to the left when the wheel is straight. A week later I was passing and returned for a double check. The toe was checked again and it was fine. I then noticed on the screen that my front left camber was red, something like + or - 1.2 and the front right was green, + or - 0.5.... I questioned this and was told camber has nothing to do with the vehicle pulling to either side and that its all to do with toe and that I should ignore camber. This didn't sound right to me, I didn't have all day so I left.

 

Since doing my own research it appears camber does (as I thought) play an important role in which direction the vehicle pulls and although incorrect camber may not scrub my tires like tow would I still want the car to drive straight. 

 

Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone know the factory specs for Octavia 3 4x4 camber? Anyone in Lincolnshire recommend anyone who know what they are doing??? 

Yes - so here's a thing.  Check Horton Skoda (because they aren't a million miles from you) that they have a Hunter 4 wheel alignment (which is the equipment used by some Skoda Garages).  There is a particular line-up which is used by the Skoda Garages - that independant's don't have access to - which means that your alignment may not go to plan with independants.  I had this issue with my local tyre dealer in Haddington, East Lothian(they could not align either my VRS or Scout properly).  The set-up alignments for 4 wheel drive cars is different and you will need to get to a dealer with those profiles installed on their alignment systems.

Yeah so the Kwik Fit I took the car to said they had the correct specifications for the vehicle and that they could do a 4 wheel hunter alignment and charged me £49.95 as I only needed a front toe adjustment. I took your advice and contact my local dealer, Hayselden in Doncaster. They advised they had the correct system to do a 4x4 alignment and that it would be £85 for as many adjustments as it would take to get it done correctly. I waited an hour or so for them to complete it, they offered me a private space to continue WFH and once it was done the car drives like new! I compared the alignment sheet with the one Kwik Fit gave me and Skoda have made all the necessary changes correctly!

 

I think in the future I will stick with main dealer first time... 

Don't know if this may help; independent alignment in Dec 2020 on my Scout 2015. I try to get my cars done very year as I tow, and drive on some sh*te roads.