E85 - Steering Veering Left

[ann.nonco]

1. The wheel alignment guy said that adjustment was needed on the rear wheels but he did not want to risk snapping off potentially seized sixteen year old fasteners on a Friday evening, (see also enuff_zed’s previous post). And the rear linkage area does look rough and needs attention!
2. The camber of the road will naturally pull the car toward the kerb?
3. If the warning lights stay off the dash I’ll be happy.

Hello hello! What lights are on the dash? If it's the famous trifecta trio then it just might be a faulty speed sensor that requires a Tool32 reset.

For 2. Yes that's natural with most cars as if the road isn't perfectly level it will pull slightly towards the kerb. It's due to camber and with this platform I think it's factory to have a bit of camber to improve cornering performance.

As aforementioned I did get my wheels redone and rebalanced - I think due to the imbalance on the rims it was naturally causing the car to pull.

I still have not booked in an alignment yet as I will get the bushings replaced done then realigned as it will be a waste of money since I will need to do it twice.

[Roberltd2]

I think they were the classic trifectas:
circle with excamation mark & brackets (brake shoes) either side
tyre cross section image with excamation inside and
warning triangle encircled by an anti clockwise arrow in the rev counter.
After fitting the new tie rod assembly, my mechanic did a reset which got rid of the lights for exactly a week but the following day the steering became very twitchy and strange and the lights came on again. He did another reset and by then the tyre fitters had taken delivery of their new allignment system so I was booked in within a couple of days.
Turns out the toe on the front wheels was way out so they corrected that but as I mentioned before, they left the rear assembly until I get it cleaned up a bit. Both rear wheels are pointing slightly toward the offside by a fraction of a degree so no doubt that's contributing to the nearside pull as well.
Anyway, one week and one day on and the trifectas have not returned as yet (touch wood!)

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