Thread: Defender Pulling to the left

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

Ps......if the alignment is all correct......then it should pull slightly left but only due the camber of the road........
if you drive on the other side of the road.....then it should do the exact opposite.....
the greater the road camber......the more it should pull.......it should drive dead straight in the middle of the road or on a flat surface........

and there endeth the lesson....

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

Spacing the radius arm bushes will make a difference to the steering as it will lengthen or shorten the wheel base on that side.......

Which is why Super Pro make radius arm bushes that space the LHS arm forward, lengthening the wheelbase and reducing the pull.

also.....raising or lowering the suspension one way or another WILL effect camber.......

Nope, no way, impossible, it can't. (is that definite enough ?)

Camber is fixed, there is no way on Gods brown earth changing the ride height will alter it. it's a beam axle so the camber is fixed by the KPI which is fixed in relationship to the axle tube which fixes both sides in relation to each other, independent of chassis.

the tyres could also develop a wear pattern in them from how they've been running which can cause them to pull to one side.......try swapping the two front tyres left to right and see if it makes a difference......

Entirely possible, particularly with muddies.

As for suspension height differences.......it will also affect steering geometry.....and the suspension is not designed for the extra weight of the bulbar and winch.......
the springs will also need to be upgraded to compensate for the extra weight......
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Again, it can't, other than castor.

perhaps he is thinking of castor not camber

Ive had my 130 back to LR a few times now trying to get them to sort it out. They had a chasis engineer look at it,
been on there new fangled aligninging machine numerous times,
Swapped wheels and tyes with a new defender.
But still if you let go of the steering at anything over 60 it will send you into the bush in a flash. Anyway i got the warrenty case reopened again from a lot of winging so will see what they come up with.

Originally Posted by rick130

Camber is fixed, there is no way on Gods brown earth changing the ride height will alter it. it's a beam axle so the camber is fixed by the KPI which is fixed in relationship to the axle tube which fixes both sides in relation to each other, independent of chassis.

Been off road. A good whack on the diff will give you positive camber by bending the axle.

Originally Posted by ugu80

Been off road. A good whack on the diff will give you positive camber by bending the axle.

Naa, never been off road in my life, but changing ride height won't alter camber on a beam axle.

No one said anything about a bent axle, and when they bend (the weight of an Isuzu is good for this) they'll end up with negative camber, not positive.

I have 1/2* of neggie on mine.

Originally Posted by rick130

Naa, never been off road in my life, but changing ride height won't alter camber on a beam axle.

No one said anything about a bent axle, and when they bend (the weight of an Isuzu is good for this) they'll end up with negative camber, not positive.

I have 1/2* of neggie on mine.

If you pulled down on the axle you would get negative camber, hitting something and pushing upward will give you positive camber, i.e. the top of the tyre being further outward than the bottom. Is 1/2 degree a Puma thing? I thought Defenders had 0 degree camber.

Most of them that I've seen bent end up that way from a little air and a landing and the legs end up splayed, and, AFAIK they should all be 0*. Mines a Tdi.