Thread: car pulls to the left

ah yes, the spring loaded steering thingy - had one myself on my (both) Defenders which also pulled left. Corrects the pull nicely but does take a bit of drive, stop, adjust, repeat until you get it right. Lots of discussion on this on the forum, well some anyway, suggesting everything from 'no its the camber of the road' etc but I had both mine on a chasis align jig and guess what - Landrover got the manufacture of the chasis biased so that you get the left pull..... anyway, fit a return to centre steering damper - oops, steering thingy..... and adjust to suit the 'pull'. cheers

I just put some new tie rod ends in my D1 and had a alignment and he said they designed to pull to the left,something about the steering box and made for the usa.

I suspect it's more to do with castor angles on solid axle front end 4wds. Same issue on 110s 130s and P38s

See Defender Pulling to the left Post#49
cheers

All my Land Rovers and others I've driven have pulled which ever way the wind is blowing

I've only ever really driven LR's (it's a privilege and a curse) and I don't notice any pull from the steering (I've driven 3 D2's a D1 and an RRC extensively), so I don't necessarily believe they all do it, but as I've learnt in LR's I may not notice it.

I'm not a fan of RTC dampers, as a mechanical engineering student I don't believe in 'masking the problem'. I'd suggest correcting the geometry, may need an adjustable panhard bar or even some way to square the axle to the chassis... just thinking out loud.

Cheers
Will

Personally, I think the spring loaded steering thingys are rubbish and would never instal another one no matter what anyone else says.

my D2 drives hands off straight as a die, but my steering wheel is biased about 2-3 degrees to the right.
I have a damper fitted....I thought they were standard on the vehicle.
If I correct my steering wheel to horizontal then I drive off the lhs of the road.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

my D2 drives hands off straight as a die, but my steering wheel is biased about 2-3 degrees to the right.
I have a damper fitted....I thought they were standard on the vehicle.
If I correct my steering wheel to horizontal then I drive off the lhs of the road.

The spring loaded dampers aren't standard, a normal hydraulic shock type one is.

You can centre your steering wheel by adjusting the drag link.

Cheers
Will

thanks Will, if I'd known it was as simple as that , I'd have done it yonks ago.