Ride height issue

thanos.m · 8th October 2020, 12:01

Hi everyone,
My 75 seems to keep on giving took it for alignment yesterday and on the test drive after the alignment I noticed the car had started to pull to the left. Today went back to shop for them to have a check at again and they said the alignment was spot on but they've noticed a ride height issue the car has a slight lean to the left an they said that explains why it pulls as well. So has anybody ever encountered that and if so what am I for ? Just to add upon visual inspection springs and shocks look fine the car passed an mot 2 days ago with no advisories

trikey · 8th October 2020, 12:15

If it was ok before you took it in, it will be an alignment issue! I would take it somewhere else for a second opinion.

kelvo · 8th October 2020, 12:15

my first thought if something is wrong that wasn't before is 'what did you do to it last?'

Did you have the problem with pulling to the left before the wheel alignment or not?

A full alignment would include toe in/out, camber and possibly caster angle so would have thought any misalignment would be evident here in the measurements.

Possible I suppose that a tyre could have worn in a particular way and is now upset by the correct alignment - I had the same on my bus which pulled heavily to the left despite alignment and I found the tyre was heavily shouldered.

The fact the car 'leans' could still suggest a spring or rear arm issue perhaps, although something like this should have been evident on the MOT.

thanos.m · 8th October 2020, 13:33

The car wasn't pulling prior to the alignment the reason I took was because I had started to notice some shoulder wear on the front tyres . I also had tyre balancing done because I had some vibrations on the motorway which hasn't been cured so I think my issue is with CVs there.

kelvo · 8th October 2020, 13:55

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Originally Posted by thanos.m

The car wasn't pulling prior to the alignment the reason I took was because I had started to notice some shoulder wear on the front tyres

Out of interest, try swapping tyres either side to side or swap with a rear one and see if that cures it - does sound like the shouldered tyre is now causing the problem after everything has been set up.

8th October 2020, 12:01	#1
thanos.m Avid contributor Rover 75 saloon Join Date: May 2019 Location: West Sussex Posts: 226 Thanks: 54 Thanked 41 Times in 26 Posts	Ride height issue Hi everyone, My 75 seems to keep on giving took it for alignment yesterday and on the test drive after the alignment I noticed the car had started to pull to the left. Today went back to shop for them to have a check at again and they said the alignment was spot on but they've noticed a ride height issue the car has a slight lean to the left an they said that explains why it pulls as well. So has anybody ever encountered that and if so what am I for ? Just to add upon visual inspection springs and shocks look fine the car passed an mot 2 days ago with no advisories

8th October 2020, 12:15	#2
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,821 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	If it was ok before you took it in, it will be an alignment issue! I would take it somewhere else for a second opinion. __________________ Lest we forget..

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kelvo Gets stuck in MG ZT 190 SE Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Chatham, Kent Posts: 569 Thanks: 22 Thanked 163 Times in 135 Posts	my first thought if something is wrong that wasn't before is 'what did you do to it last?' Did you have the problem with pulling to the left before the wheel alignment or not? A full alignment would include toe in/out, camber and possibly caster angle so would have thought any misalignment would be evident here in the measurements. Possible I suppose that a tyre could have worn in a particular way and is now upset by the correct alignment - I had the same on my bus which pulled heavily to the left despite alignment and I found the tyre was heavily shouldered. The fact the car 'leans' could still suggest a spring or rear arm issue perhaps, although something like this should have been evident on the MOT.

8th October 2020, 13:33	#4
thanos.m Avid contributor Rover 75 saloon Join Date: May 2019 Location: West Sussex Posts: 226 Thanks: 54 Thanked 41 Times in 26 Posts	The car wasn't pulling prior to the alignment the reason I took was because I had started to notice some shoulder wear on the front tyres . I also had tyre balancing done because I had some vibrations on the motorway which hasn't been cured so I think my issue is with CVs there.