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Author Subject: badly pulling to the right
craigy_87

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Post #1
the car has been pulling quite badly to the right, thought it would have been because most of the suspension has been changed not too long ago
had the tracking done today an the garage let me know that they set it up properly but the car was still pulling quite bad
they went over the car looking for anything that was bent or loose but they couldnt find anything
the only thing they did notice was that one side had slight negative camber while the other had zero camber

things replaced recently or within the last year or so

shocks + springs
new pug top mounts and top spring pans
track rod ends
droplinks
wishbones with new ball joints and pug P bushes


need any ideas what could be wrong really
Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 16:54
lotek

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Post #2
tracking, seized caliper, oval bj hole, tyre pressures,

whilst tracking they maybie diddnt clamp steering wheel properly so moved.
loads of possibilitys , but my first port of call would be to check tracking again. Yes
Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 17:11
craigy_87

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they went over it a couple of times, took it out a run after doing it then stuck it back on the ramp a good couple of times surely they cant get it wrong over an over lol

what could cause the bj hole to oval, wrong type of pinch bolt being used?
Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 17:15
oecken

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what garage was it craig just a local one?

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Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 17:20
craigy_87

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yeah man just local garage but pretty decent place

EDIT: these guys here Clicky
Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 17:30
lotek

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craigy_87 wrote:
what could cause the bj hole to oval, wrong type of pinch bolt being used?


its just wear,
but over tightening or running loose will accelerate it

well if your adamant its not tracking then look at calipers.
get eatch wheel in air without brakes on and spin, see if you have a sticking caliper, once you eliminate that we will look at next option Yes
Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 17:32
craigy_87

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i'm tryin to think which type of bolt was used last time the bj were changed, i know i forgot to bring the new pinch bolts from swampy to the garage and we had to go to the nearest peugeot but they only had some bolts lying about i'm tryin to remember if they were threaded all the way to the top or not, as i'm sure i read on here that the pinch bolt shouldnt be like that

i mean i cant be sure its not tracking myself as i'm no expert but they seemed to have decent equipment an knew what they were doing

shall try your suggestion cheers
Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 18:15
lotek

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the bj bolt should have a smooth non threaded part to it that locks the balljoint in Yes

the fact you may have chucked a random bolt in
there may point towards the problem you are having Yes

another thing to check on Yes
Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 19:02
ryangti6

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Post #9
If you dont have the correct tapered bolt in there you need to change it Asap, not only will it ruin your hub it can be very dangerous as you cant be sure it will stop the Bj coming out of the hub. I have had this happen to myself on a 205 and seen it happen to others.

The brakes are definitly a good call though if the garage couldnt find anything visibly wrong with the suspension components.

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Posted 9th Nov 2010 at 20:36
craigy_87

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lol well it wasnt some random bolt as such we went to peugeot but they didnt have any new one for the bj so gave us two but i cant imagine what they looked like now

didnt get a chance to check the brake thing yesterday as it was heavy rain
will try checkin after work today
Posted 10th Nov 2010 at 17:03
oecken

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Yep, nice clear day, and fecking freezing! Thumbs up

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Posted 10th Nov 2010 at 17:14
niw

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Post #12
Did you ever solve this? Have same issue.
Posted 15th Oct 2012 at 09:19
smegal

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Post #13
Mine does this after the track rid ends were changed. I think these cars (especially when lowered) need to be tracked on a 4 wheel digital machine as opposed to the basic tracking gauges that most garages have.

When demon tweaks tracked mine, it was perfect.

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Posted 15th Oct 2012 at 09:37

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