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Problem with steering

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  • 27-10-2006 10:11am
    #1
    norrie rugger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭


    hi all

    bought a 01 VW passat a few weeks back.
    of late i have noticed that the car has started pulling to the left on straight roads.

    the tyres are all the same psi, tracking/balancing just done

    anyone have any reason as to why this would happen (and please do not say that it is the power steering pump, as that would be a balls)


    cheers


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    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,660 ✭✭✭maidhc


    norrie rugger wrote:

    the tyres are all the same psi, tracking/balancing just done

    Has this occured since the tracking was done? It is not unheard of for people who provide this service to be completely incompetent and leave the car in a worse state than it was when they started.

    It definately is not the powersteering pump, that failing would just make the car hard to steer. It could be worn suspension bushings.


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    norrie rugger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭norrie rugger


    maidhc wrote:
    Has this occured since the tracking was done? It is not unheard of for people who provide this service to be completely incompetent and leave the car in a worse state than it was when they started.

    It definately is not the powersteering pump, that failing would just make the car hard to steer. It could be worn suspension bushings.


    nope.
    it started before i got that done.


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    franksm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭franksm


    Could be the tracking was not done properly as maidhc says, but perhaps the tyres have "learned" a pattern from when the tracking was off ? And they are now trying to pull the car into their own line. To fix that, you need to either wear the tyres down or else replace them.

    If it is that, you can tell easily by putting your hand on the tread and moving back and forth across the tyre. If it's not smooth (ie. the treads are "feathered" ) then that's the problem

    The third pic here explains it better:

    http://89.234.1.197/ourTyres/car/tyreCare/

    It'll feel smooth in one direction, and like "saw tooth" in the other


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