Tracking OK but car still pulling to right

[weggie]

Audi A4 TDi avante 2005

The car does move to right, car steering wheel seems to be imbalanced and favours the right when you let go of it. Any ideas folks, I bought car 8 months ago and I don't think it pulled then, i do have to mount the kerb each night to park so thought for months this was tracking but this week took to a Garage, they said tracking was perfect.

I have previously had car front end off, including removal of Anti roll bar when I replaced the chain, no sign of any previous car/crash damage. (I once bought a car many years a go where it turned out that chassy was bent ie front wheel passenger was aligned one whole inch further back than driver side!!)

On this car, I don't know where to start checking or what type of garage to send it to, i.e a garage like Stop and Stear, suspension and stearing type garage or a general garage.

If anyone has any ideas or tips, they would be most welcome.

[blueg33]

Something basics like tyre pressures? Brake binding? Tracking not done properly?

Tricky one.

[00161wj]

Swap the wheels side to side and see if it makes any difference to make sure its not a tyre issue.
Did u have a full laser wheel alignment done or just the front wheels tracked? These sort of wheel alignments are often useless as the garage just lines up the fronts with the rears, if the rears out your screwed. You need a full lazer one and Audi may well be the best place to take it to be honest!

[Jimmytno1]

Definately worth swapping the front wheels over first, other than that a full geometry check to make sure the vehicle thrust line is as it should be, the tracking on the front of these vehicles is awkward to adjust and as such I have known garages to tell thier customer the tracking is ok when it's not purely because they don't want to adjust it! As I said, a second opinion by someone with the right equipment will be well worth it

[Tame Technician]

Has it done it since you had the sump off.??

Front subframe not fitted quite right. There are holes in the subframe that line up woth cutouts in the body, you are supposed to use a pin to line it all up, but no one doese. I find a deep 14mm socket fits.

Loosen the subframe bolts, use o big prybar or softhit hammer to realine the subframe. Technically you should have wheel alighnement afterwards too, depends how bad it is, keep an eye on the tyre wear.

[weggie]

Thanks guys, i will try swapping wheels first, and also check pressure but they both look OK, and i dont have brake grinding.

Hi TT how R things? the car was moving to right before the chain was replaced, I had put off the tracking to after we did the chain and only got it checked last week, I was told 7 degrees out will be when it pulls one way or other, this was only 1 degree out so could not be the issue, I assume it was done by lazer. I

Your tip is certainly worth trying. I do recall doing something like you explained i.e using the cut outs to line up after we completed the sump, but as I was just the assistant !! I will check my mates memory when I speak to him next.

I take it it is more likely to be along these lines rather than a steering issue?

I will also keep an eye on tyre ware as this will be another symptom that will help narrow things down.

PS Will be doing its longest journey when I drive from Glasgow to London next week for a long weekend, so it better not let me down as we have our baby on board !!! Wish me luck guys, this will be the longest journey i have done since I replaced the chain, the previous was only 100 miles!!

One other thing, what mileage do you guys think I should get going down at 80 ish. last 100 mile trip I was only getting 36mpg, I had thought would have got slightly more/. I am now going to work out where the speed cameras are using google!! Don't want any points!!