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Car pulling to left after accident....

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Old 08-30-2005, 07:29 AM
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Default Car pulling to left after accident....

Got my car back from the garage last week after spinning it a month ago, Its great to have it back, perfect timing with the weather over the w/e

The only thing is with it, the steering wheel is slightly out of line, if you hold the steering wheel straight the car moves to the left, however after some spirited driving over the w/e I found that when breaking v hard the car pulls to the right?

Any ideas what it could be? The tyre pressures are okay, and the garage reckons the tracking has been done I thought I
Old 08-30-2005, 07:51 AM
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road camber will mean that the car will pull one way or the other, differences in tread depth too if you're braking hard. Unlikely to be either but worth considering.

I'd double check pressures/pads and then get the alignment checked.

What work did they do? (how badly damaged was it from the spin?)
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did they track the car front and rear or just the front? when some silly cow hit into me i had the whole thing aligned three times by honda and they still could not set it up right, in the end i gave up and took it to the company i always use and they set it up straight away never had any problems after that was done.

it took me just until last week to get the insurance company to repay the money i spent getting it right as honda didnt have a clue.
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Did they give you a print out of the "tracking" it acutally needs 4 wheel laser alignment Ask them what settings they applied Preffered or Optimum?

As s2uk says you need to know what you are doing to get it right!

Does it pull at constant speed?
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