Pulling to the crown of the road

[Dave L]

My Stag is pulling to the crown of the road and i have checked and replaced anything that I though could be causing it.

i have replaced the top strut mounts,lower ball joints ,tie rod ends, all of the front end bushings,brake hoses,rotated the tires,checked for binding brakes.

If anyone has any thoughts on what I should check next it would be appreciated.

Can the caster angle be adjusted

Thanks

Dave L

[stustag]

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HI Dave

I take it you have checked the most obvious cause tracking?

Next reason could be a slightly stick brake caliper or something as silly as tyre pressure?

One last thing you steering rack is centered correctly?

Stuart

[Sheepdip]

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Dave, a shot in the dark but unlikely as you've had a good look by the sound of it, with similar problem I replaced the tie bar rubbers (the 1/2 moon) on my newly aquired Stag a few years ago and found the circular metal cup on chassis had detached, and floated. Welded it back and was better.

[GDPR]

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Could it be from the rear end? It's not beyond the realms that the rear tracking has been set without regard to alignment with the vehicle centre-line.

Swap the 2 front tyres over from side to side - could be different rolling resististance

Russ

[Dave L]

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Hi Stuart

I forgot to add that I have also just installed a new rack but as of yet have not had a complete alignment done. I did a rough alignment by wrapping a thin piece of string around all four wheels and then joining the end together with a strong elastic band. The toe in and then be adjusted and the results good enough to get you to the alignment shop. (I believe that this procedure is on LDPARTS web site). The new rack has made no difference to the pulling to the crown

Regards

Dave L

[Dave L]

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I will have another look at the sway bar tonight butI don't believe that anything is broken or loose. Could the fact that when the outer ends of the sway bar are disconnected from the suspension that you cannot move it . Is the sway bar supposed to move in the bushings.

Regards

Dave L

[Dave L]

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Hi Russ

I have already swapped the wheels from side to side and it made no difference but over the upcoming weekend I think that I will install the wheels from the other stag that I am presently restoring and see what happens.

Regards

Dave L

[Sheepdip]

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Hi Dave, I guess by sway bar you refer to the drag strut that connects the lower suspension arm to the rear of the chassis member. Its located in 1/2 moon bushes either side of the chassis member. If should be free to move within constraints of the bushes, but nothing more.

Something else I was always told to do is when I replace anything that hasa supsension bush in it, I leave it loose, lower and move car onto suspension then tighten in its natural state, especially the connection of drag strut to suspension arm where they're usually left tight and new bushes could I guess affect the angles and maybe even load that joint?

I'm always perplexed as to why centering the steering in the rack could make any difference to pulling to one side, after all the rack is a straight pice of metal with teeth. Can understand that the track rod ends need to be roughly screwed in same amount to ensure same steering lock on both sides and that tracking needs to be right.

hope you find it anyway.

Paul

[Dave L]

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Hi Paul

I guess that I used the wrong terminology. Sway bar here in North America and anti roll bar in the UK.

Thanks

Dave L

[Sheepdip]

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Hi Dave - I think your description is much better than ours!

I was referring to the bar that is bolted to the lower suspension arm by a single bolt and attached to the rear of the chassis member by a big nut. This provides positive location for the suspension arm.

I reckon your tracking is the first try.