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?
Do you have 17" S Spoke by any chance?
Tracking
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
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
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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.
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.
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
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
Try swaping the wheels front to rearDavislove3rd said: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
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.Yeah i know im an interesting fellow.
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