Thread: Disco 4 pulls to left when not corrected

Originally Posted by Disco-tastic

My understanding was that it was to the left to avoid oncoming traffic.

Cheers

Dan

Yeah what I said

Thanks for the thoughts everyone, lots to investigate.

I've got the same thing but mine sounds slightly more severe. The pull to the left is stronger since my last dealer alignment. To track the car straight the wheel has to be pointing to the right.
It did once have a perfect alignment about 18 months ago but all have been poor since then.

Very annoying. I need to take it to somewhere who understands the geometry and point it straight even if it means faster tyre wear.

OK, my car is fixed.

Taking it to someone who know these cars is essential.

Note that I've been to two dealers and a specialist LR professional who often gets recommended on this site, non of whom picked up that the caster was out by 180 degrees and the geometry was setup all wrong. They all tried to compensate for this basic oversight.

If you're in Sydney, take your Disco to Jim and Glen at Tyreright in Parramatta. Worth the drive.

My Disco tracks perfect now and they've won a customer for life.

Originally Posted by letherm

Mine does that after the last wheel alignment I had done. There was no problem before that but I had clipped a gutter and split the nearside rear tyre so I thought I had better get an alignment done. It was done at the place the dealer uses after I had a service and when I mentioned it at the next service they suggested that it could require another alignment. It's not severe but I now notice a very slight pull to the left that wasn't there before the alignment. Tyre wear is normal so that's not a problem so I have left it for the moment.

Martin

Sorry for the lax response. Try a simple fix first. Swap the front tyres left to right. This may be the cause . However if your vehicle now goes right, you need to get those tyres off the front.

I can concur with Meken. Our D4 has often caused me to put her into the middle of the road (no oncoming traffic given) and let the wheel go and yes off to the L she goes. I've always queried front tyre pressures and when I check them yes a little down on passenger side, but not always. Front bushes done at 94 K. it's a heavy vehicle and the tyres a naturally wide. Keep those tyres rotated.
Generally wheel alignment settings are designed to drift the car to the passenger side of the road - so if you do decide a nanna nap is in order you are more likely to drive off onto the shoulder than into oncoming traffic.[/QUOTE]

Fixed it.

After a further non fruitful tyre rotation I bit the bullet and replaced the tyres (4 for 3 at bob Jane on the Nitto Terra Grappler G2 until the end of March, very pleased with them) and problem disappeared.

Relieved!