Paul Smith 0 Posted February 1, 2010 HI I am after any suggestions, when driving my GTI the steering wheel isn't straight when you are driving straight which comes across to me as the tracking. Just wondered if there was anything else to check. When driving hard as well at fairly high speed the car is very twitchy? Thanks Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuart1298 6 Posted February 1, 2010 i had the exact same problems,get ya wish bones and ball joints changed, tracking would just pull to the sides, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SurGie 54 Posted February 1, 2010 Tracking, wishbones and rear beam could be at fault from the sounds of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GLPoomobile 958 Posted February 1, 2010 A misaligned steering wheel is caused by the track rod ends being adjusted unevenly (although it could obviously be caused by taking off the steering wheel and re-fitting it one or more splines out ). This in itself does not mean that the tracking is out - the tracking could be spot on perfect, but the monkey who did it may have done so "the lazy way", taking up any adjustment on one side only (on the track rod end). This means the overall length of the track rods is different on each side, so your rack is not centred when driving in a straight line. Then you have to get all deep about Ackerman angles and stuff like that, but the general summary is that it's not good, albeit not the end of the world either. As for twitchy handling, I think it's a little premature for anyone to claim to know the cause based on that description It could be any number of things, so you'd really need to be a lot more descriptive about the problem and the symptoms etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zebedy101 0 Posted February 1, 2010 Wishbone bushes are another are to check and fairly simple fix really. What suspension setup do you have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Smith 0 Posted February 2, 2010 It has the standard suspension setup, although I think some one at some point has lowered the rear so I will hav this done. From the sounds of it the track rod ends are a good place to start? Thanks Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites