Car Pulling To The Left

[markyb]

ive had my c3 1.4hdi for around 4 yrs now

its a 2003 model

i love this car, so far ive never had any major problems

changed brakes all round and a few other bits oh and both front springs replaced

but my problem now is pulling

its pulling to the left quite alot. and i can feel it in my right arm after a long journey

had it in my local (not citoren dealer) garage.

they have had it for 4 days and can not tell me what is wrong

they tracked it but its still pulling,

they have stripped it down, checked it , measured it but still puzzled by it

i had both my front springs done about 3 months ago, a friend of a friend did them

the garage said they were not seated correctly so they redid them

they were puzzled, but said the only thing it may be is the steering failing or maybe the car been in a bad bump prior to me buying it. however they said although it was apparent it had had a left front bump they didnt think it was anything major as underneath it was ok

they siad replacing the rack now was not a good option as it may not be that, and that its difficult to tell at this stage if it is the rack

anyone had a similar prolem

oh they did mention about having it 4 wheel aligned to see if the chasis was straight

[paul.h]

Did it start pulling to the left after any changes were made to the car such as the springs, new tyres/different tyres on each side, brakes (presumably checked for not binding) ? If it was a bump before you had the car then I would have thought it would have pulled all the time.

What has the garage checked for - obvious ones being brakes, bearings, tyres, suspension bushes/joints, track rod end wear, CV joints, front suspension strut top bearings (noisy when turning at low speed could indicate this), badly adjusted tracking - only making an adjustment on one side.

 

I suspect you may be better getting a list from this garage on what they have checked/done, post it here and maybe trying a Citroen dealer. Their labour charges on older cars are often lower.

[markyb]

today i had it checked on a 4 wheel alignment set up

cost me £60 but it came back clear . not been involved in a bad accident

so they also agreed that it is probably a failing steering pump.

the original garage i took it too, checked pretty much everthing

calipers were checked tracking was done (twice) tyres were swapped over .as far as im aware they checked everything that could be checked.

they are goingto see what options are available regarding racks