wheel alignment

[oldmanjnr]

Picked up my polo gti yesterday, almost instantly i noticed it was pulling to the left slightly.I turned the steering wheel slightly to the right to keep it going in a straight line, and when i let go of the wheel it will turn to the left. will it be a simple wheel alignment or something else. I presume they take the cars for a test drive before u pick them up

[trive2]

Some people notice their Polo's tend to pull to the left. I believe it's a sensitivity to road camber. There's a bloke here who's tried EVERYTHING to fix it- a million alignments, offset bushes, etc, and had no luck. Mine always pulls a little left and I sort of ignore it now. On the next wheel alignment I'll ask if they can compensate a little.

Brakes.. Rotos, pads and fluid. 2010 6R 77TSI

See the very last comment here.

Why you Cannot do a "Wheel Alignment" on the 6R polo

And page 12, 13 here.


You may as well start from the start and get the dealer to do an alignment for you, but this will help if that doesn't work.

[brad]

uneven tyre pressures

bad alignment - if they sy the alignment is fine then ask for the figures & post them here

runout in the tyre.

It should go straight on a slightly cambered road like the M5. You're in Carlton - try going down Woids Avenue with your hands off the steering wheel - you should get 50-100m with hands off. That was my test road when I was doing alignments at the recently demolished Goodyear store in Hurstville

[oldmanjnr]

cool thanks for that brad.I was coming home via the grand pde and it just didnt feel right. if i have my steering wheel top dead centre and it still goes left i should be able to get that fixed. I f i want to go straight my steering wheel is probably about 2 to 3 cm to the right\

[brad]

Grand Pde has a bit of slope in a lot of places.

I think once you notice these things, you notice it all the time. If the steering wheel is slightly down on the right it seems worse.

As I said, check tyre pressures first, then go back to the dealer and get it put on the alignment rack and at least try & get the settings (front & rear).

If all else fails, East Coast Suspension & Spinning Wheels Tyres both know how to set these cars up by moving the front X-member.

Where did you get it? Sutho, Rocky or Botany?

[Sydneykid]

To get the water to run towards the gutter most roads have camber downwards from the centre, some more than others. As suggested you should try it on a road with less camber. If it still pulls to the left then there are a number of things aligners can use, adding more caster to the LHS front, slight toe in on the LHS rear tyre, slight toe out on the RHS rear etc.

Cheers
Gary