THE_NORTON Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Hi... hey... boo what ever intro floats ur boat Recently took my gti for alignment on a hunter system after fitting coilovers because I was experienceing light, twitchy steering and it would wonder at motorway speeds and not self center. Long story short the alignment has been done now running -1.4 degrees camber and +2.4 degrees caster with 0 toe but I'm still experiencing the same problem almost like the cars floating, could it been the power steering? Any help is appreciated Edited January 24, 2016 by THE_NORTON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 If your pas was playing up you'd more than likely be experiencing heavy steering, are you sure everything has been fitted back correctly and tightened properly? Seems odd that you've only experienced these issues since replacing the struts. What exactly did you replace, just the struts or the whole lot, mounts and all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Did you change anything else on the car the same time as the coilovers like wheels and tyres? How low is the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 4 hours ago, Pete said: If your pas was playing up you'd more than likely be experiencing heavy steering, are you sure everything has been fitted back correctly and tightened properly? Seems odd that you've only experienced these issues since replacing the struts. What exactly did you replace, just the struts or the whole lot, mounts and all? Yeah I thought the same think with the pas, originally it was fine with coilovers it's since driving/sliding on ice and snow it's been playing up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 4 hours ago, Sausage said: Did you change anything else on the car the same time as the coilovers like wheels and tyres? How low is the car? Nope and it's probably at a 70mm drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Depending on how much a hooligan you were in the snow and ice then defo have a careful look at your tyres. Unless the snow / ice is deep enough to prevent your tyres hitting tarmac, they get scrubbed pretty easy. It's also pretty easy to slide the car into a bank or kerb and put the tracking / alignment out .... Edited January 24, 2016 by Sausage oooh let me think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 He's had the tracking all redone tho and it's still the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 31 minutes ago, Sausage said: Depending on how much a hooligan you were in the snow and ice then defo have a careful look at your tyres. Unless the snow / ice is deep enough to prevent your tyres hitting tarmac, they get scrubbed pretty easy. It's also pretty easy to slide the car into a bank or kerb and put the tracking / alignment out .... True and I swapped the front tireseats to the back to see if they were worn differently but that dint change anything, and I didn't hit anything ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Really haven't got a clue what's causing the issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 You checked all your wheel bearings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 11 minutes ago, Pete said: You checked all your wheel bearings? Yeah had the front drivers side replace just under 1k ago, also tourqued up all the front strut bolts to spec before the tracking was done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 My mind reading skills are failing me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) if this is since fitting coilovers and the alignment / tracking / tyres are all right then that leaves bushes, mounts, shocks and springs. The snow was a red herring i take it. What make are the coilovers and were they new or used? Bounce test the shocks and make sure the ride height is equal left /right. Edited January 24, 2016 by Sausage splellllinnng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Sausage said: if this is since fitting coilovers and the alignment / tracking / tyres are all right then that leaves bushes, mounts, shocks and springs. The snow was a red herring i take it. What make are the coilovers and were they new or used? Bounce test the shocks and make sure the ride height is equal left /right. Cheers for the help man really appreciate it, the snow probably was, they were new jom coilovers the top mounts bushings could of gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrera-gt Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 You're running a lot of negative camber, that could be your problem, try taking half the camber off and see what that does. The self centering effect comes from the fact that the centre of pressure on the contact patch is pushed forward of the tyre by the castor angle, because you have so much camber all the pressure is on inside shoulder of the tyre limiting the self centering effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 1 hour ago, carrera-gt said: You're running a lot of negative camber, that could be your problem, try taking half the camber off and see what that does. The self centering effect comes from the fact that the centre of pressure on the contact patch is pushed forward of the tyre by the castor angle, because you have so much camber all the pressure is on inside shoulder of the tyre limiting the self centering effect. Thanks for the reply, I thought the factory camber was -1, -1.4 isn't really that much camber tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) What size wheels and tyres are you running? Edited January 25, 2016 by Sausage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_NORTON Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 33 minutes ago, Sausage said: What size wheels and tyres are you running? thanks for the reply, the std Bathurst's with 195/45/15 on the front and 205/45/15 on the rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrera-gt Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 see the link, negative 0.5 degree camber is normal for a GTi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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