Stopped of at a garage on the way home and they had a quick look at the car, but being an a3 no adjustment on the rear, they said axle isn't bent which they knew as they done the hunter tracking a few weeks back, I said is the car bent slightly at the back and he said to get it on I jig to see as my axle makes one wheel sit closer to the outer ache and the other is slightly tilted out ( camber like ) then he said I should change all the suspension for a lowering kit as I have lower springs on standard shock, he reckons that would help it out a lot with regards to it pulling left and polybush it also.
When I'm at a stand still in the car if I let go of the steering wheel, and put my foot down the steering wheel will spin to the left fast?
Like torque steer?..
Do you have a printout of the geometry log?
I'm not familar with your previous situation, or in fact issue so I'll just throw some suggestions out there.
You definitely don't have a slow puncture?
All tyre sizes are the correct size all round, none are particularly worn majorly over the other's on opposing sides?
No heavily buckled/bent/damaged wheels?
Have the brakes been checked for any sticking pads, calipers that could be causing the wheel to have more resistance on the left side than the right, potentially causing a pull when off the throttle/coasting?
Is the steering wheel set 100%!!! straight?
Are your tyres wearing abnormally? Edges wearing on a inner or outer more so (front or rear?), scuffing the edges etc?
At what instance does the car pull? BARE in mind, practically all of our roads are cambered, so naturally all cars if left to drift will have a tendency to follow the camber of the road - drift left.
It sounds like the axle hasn't been fitted completely in line with the body if it's had a replacement, I'm not sure if there is any/much adjustment on 8L's when fitting but I imagine there would be a small bit of movement as would be with lining up anything that big attaching to the body. Might be worth loosening off the axle bolts & seeing if you can move the axle over to the opposing side in an attempt to line it up?
How many times has the car been aligned? An Alignment should be showing up any degree of camber that is out of spec, I would be worried if you're having an alignment where you can see the wheel is visibly tilting, yet the alignment doesn't show up the measurement out of tolerance?
It's also worth keeping in mind, there is a lot of skill when aligning cars - you will NEVER get the same measurements twice & the equipment is very tedious to use at the best of times so obtaining accurate results can sometimes be difficult, especially if it's not been setup properly initially. My point of this statement being, if you are paying kwik fit £50 for a alignment, you are going to get a £50 alignment by someone that isn't completely clued up. It would be worth your while paying at least double that for a reputable company/geometry specialist to align the car & advise you on what you need. A garage saying you would benefit from new suspension all round & poly bushing everything is a bit like me saying you may as well buy a new car that doesn't have this fault... It's vague at best.
