[Davislove3rd]

After a bit of help guys,

I fear my tracking may be slighty out cos it pulls to the left a bit and the steering wheel seems more biased to the left

has anyone got their MCS tracking done at the normal ATS / Kwik-fit et al

or gone to the dealer for the full laser alignment jobbie?

cheers

[ALD0]

This is common in alot of MINI's-The Proper MINI tracking done in a BMW garage is around £170 I think, not sure if a 3rd Party garages tracking would be as good a job?
Do you have 17" S Spoke by any chance?

[petecrosby]

Find out who the local track racers or autocrossers use and have it done there. You will get a cheaper and better result.

[Cherry2005]

Quote: Originally Posted by interceptor

This is common in alot of MINI's-The Proper MINI tracking done in a BMW garage is around £170 I think, not sure if a 3rd Party garages tracking would be as good a job?
Do you have 17" S Spoke by any chance?

I do have the 17" wheels and also have the pulling to the left. Is there a connection?

[ALD0]

I think personally it is more noticeable with 17 inch wheels as they are more susceptible to tramlining than the 16 inch wheels etc?

[roland2003]

If your car is pulling left,this has nothing at all to do with the tracking,ditto if one tyre is wearing out on (say) the inner edge. Straight ahead is always going to be the 'equal toe in (or out) on both front wheels'.eg. If the tracking is set straight ahead and you wind (say)the
left hand track rod end in a ridiculous amount ,then straight ahead will still give equal
amount of toe out on each wheel. Also both tyres will scrub out the inner edges in equal amounts.The only thing wrong with adjusting one side is the radial orientation of the wheels relative to the steering wheel will be wrong.It is quite possible to have spot on tracking, yet at straight ahead the steering wheel is at one o'clock position. This is annoying ,and affects the' turn indicator cancel function' too ,but handling wise is fine.
I expect billions of pounds have been made by tyre shops suggesting they set the tracking
(toe in/out) when the customer says ONE tyre is scrubing out or pulling ONE way.
Best Regards Roland Gt Tuning.

[Mugami]

is this also true Roland if the rear end is out of alignment since the wheels arent connected to each other

[roland2003]

Interesting one that Mugami,If both rear wheels are say pointing left by the same amount relative to the c/l of the car then in a straight line the car will crab and both front wheels will point left relative to the c/line of the car to maintain straight ahead. If only one rear is out(say left toeing in) then it still crabs (,to a lesser extent )but would wear that rear left out
on the outer edge. The front tyres are still running 'equal equal' toe though unless the rear
was so bad as to cause a one sided 'drag' that needed correction on front. Now that could cause pull to one side
IMHO you cant beat 30ft long strings for setting tracking,I would never trust any garage to do my tracking on my car. What am I saying I am a garage!
Regards Roland Gt Tuning

[Jaffa Racer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Davislove3rd

After a bit of help guys,

I fear my tracking may be slighty out cos it pulls to the left a bit and the steering wheel seems more biased to the left

has anyone got their MCS tracking done at the normal ATS / Kwik-fit et al

or gone to the dealer for the full laser alignment jobbie?

cheers

Try swaping the wheels front to rear AND check the tread wear across the width of the front tyres this will tell you loads. Over/under inflation and point out tracking issues.

[roland2003]

Thats right tyres tell a story. Another useful aid is one of those laser thermometers ,point the red dot at the tread and compare temps across the tread width.
Regards Roland Gt Tuning

[Mugami]

Yeah i know im an interesting fellow.