e46 328ci leaning to the left

[kaz16]

ive just recently got an e46 coupe and it when driving it kept going to the left and i would have to correct it by keeping the steering wheel slightly to the right.

I had my tracking done and the garage said that they have aligned all the wheels but the camber is slightly off. after driving since it has helped the car abit but it still does lean to the left any idea of what could be wrong

thanks

[TheEnd]

Most cars will pull to the left if you pay attention, as thats the way the camber falls, and the car naturally goes downhill.
Make sure it's not the steering wheel off centre, as in a lot of cases, the tracking is adjusted on just one tie rod, which if the mech doesn't lock the steering wheel dead ahead to start with mean that once finished the wheel has a fraction of a turn on it instead of dead ahead.
The driver then holds the wheel straight, and inadvertently spends their time steering to one side without realising.

Try to find a flat road somewhere, the centre of an empty country road often works, (make sure you can see far enough ahead, obviously) and just let the wheel go.

Disregarding the camber to start off with, the toe (angle that the 2 front wheel are steering in towards the centre) will always even itself out. So for example if the right wheel has the 1' toe or similar it was designed with, and the left wheel was in 9', when driving, both wheels would centre themselves with 5' each, and the steering wheel off 4' to the left.
Because of that, cars won't automatically pull to one side if left to their own devices, they will still centre themselves, and divide the scrubbing between them.

Now, back to the camber, adding a wheel camber problem into the mix can upset the balance, and make different sides pull more, so first off, try it on a quiet flat road and see if the car will drive straight without the road camber pulling it, and it isn't the wheel being off, and the driver actually steering to one side. If you swapped over the crest of the country road to driving on the right, see if it now pulls to the right instead.

Once those are checked, and you can be sure it's just down to the wheel camber problem, you'll need to check what is bent.
A good Hunter system, or other 4 wheel alignment machine will tell you the distances between the wheels, as a knock on a front wheel can bend the wishbone back, and give you a "set-back"

The tierods, due to where they are fixed, don't just change the toe angle, they change the camber also, so making a big change to get the toe correct can have an effect of the camber with is unavoidable.