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Hi Franke, I would say the best course of action would be a full four wheel optical alignment check. If it is done correcetly all possibilities will be checked before any type of adjustment is made. Because the adjustment to wheel alignment is usually a couple of degrees or mm's even a worn ball joint can throw the whole readings miles out so its vital that the technician checks everything possible.
When I was trained to do these we even used to jack all four wheels up on the ramp, attach the gauges and spin the wheels to see if they were true because like I say even a couple of mm's is critical.
One point I will make is that wheel alignment is quick pure profit to a garage so to ensure the job is done right I would go to a reputable well known garage and stress that this is a problem that you want to get to the bottom of.
If you need anymore advice about the wheel alignment adjustment and stuff before you go to get it checked I'll go through it for you so you are pre armed...
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Many thanks Smile
I just need to find a reputable garage now!
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Good luck! I would be interested to know how you get on... give me a shout if I can help.
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I found a tyre depot in Chester yesterday that has a brand new all singing all dancing computer that checks tracking,four wheels alignment, camber and even the angle of the suspension and struts?(not sure what struts are) Anyway the camber was fine (they can't adjust the rear as it's a solid axle apparently) They aligned the front and rear wheels and the tracking was out (despite the main dealer saying it was bob on). This has improved things but unless I am being oversensitive the vehicle is still drifting to the left. Obviously the camber in the road makes the vehicle drift left so looking out for a flat road to test it out properly.

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