Just had wheels aligned and still a problem??

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:09 pm

SCA wanted to charge me 23 quid when I picked it up today as I'd been on a trackday and the alignment could have been affected there.

I refused to pay and took my car away...

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:15 pm

James Breadvan wrote:SCA wanted to charge me 23 quid when I picked it up today as I'd been on a trackday and the alignment could have been affected there.

I refused to pay and took my car away...

pmsl they do try!!

sdminus · Post by **sdminus** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:56 pm

ironic really !!

323ian · Post by **323ian** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:11 pm

Do not take the steering wheel off at all mate.

Anywhere that hangs gauges over the tyres to check tracking will be a waste of time.

From what you have described they have messed the tracking up.

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:48 pm

I'm pretty f##ked off with the car now. It's happened again, the steering wheel has gone off center. SCA fixed it but it didn't last long.

So that going to be another hasstle taking the car to Autotest to get them to look at it and another 100ish quid wasted on the money pit, built by swindonian monkeys, piece of shit.

I'm angry if you cant tell :x :x

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:57 pm

hmmm...doesnt sound good, i've had a alignment at SCA as has Mattie170 we were both very happy with the outcome, are you sure there isn't another problem which could be causing this?

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:27 am

Sounds like the rack could be working loose.

Tracking doesnt just fall to bits by itself resulting in a lopsided wheel mate.

J.

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:22 am

Just a quick question, which way is it pulling ? Is the steering wheel off left or right ?

This is gonna seem like a stupid post possibly....
but could the problem be due to the larger amount of torque the engine has now with the supercharger ? Could that be causing the steering rack to work loose ?

Suprised you went to SCA mate after you went to Autotest before.

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:10 pm

It's was fine before I'd had the clutch changed and had ran it for 5 months with no trouble.

I only went to SCA as it was a lot nearer to work and Autotest is a pain to get to and from. I figured it's only an alighnment how can it go wrong?

Got it booked in at the stealers next week for them to look at, it's had the steering rack changed about 8 months ago and the racks are a problem with the ep3 civics.Hopefully it won't be to expensive.