New Tyres Fitted Now Steering Wheel Not Centred

[Wicker man 2]

first off sorry for the crap title & second done a search but nowt that fits

 

drive my car to my mates to have 4 goodyear F1's fitted in 195/50/r15 to replace the shot 185/55''s

 

on the drive to his down a straight road the steering wheel was straight & leval

 

on the drive back same road steering wheel is now to the left a good inch

 

has the wider tyres put the tracking off a tad?

 

im going back in the moring & were going to look at the tracking

 

am i right in thinking that the front wheels should be dead parallel?

[Super Josh 4]

am i right in thinking that the front wheels should be dead parallel?

 

Yep, a lot of people like it like that or toe'd in a little.

 

 

 

Josh

[Wicker man 2]

thats what i hurd make sure we do dead parallel then

 

why do some people like toe in then?

[Richie-Van-GTi 72 2 Cars]

I run 1/2 degree toe in, makes turn in slightly sharper and increases stability at high speed.

[C_W 3 1 Cars]

Seems strange it changed during the drive. New/wider tyres won't alter the tracking but the old tyres could possible have worn "into" bad tracking.

 

Check the tyre pressures first, if ones really low it could pull to one side and need steering correction.

[205007 12]

as mentioned, check tyre pressures and then have a look at your old tyres for irregular wear

[Wicker man 2]

was no irregular wear on old tyres

 

pressusres are 29psi all round

 

dont think i made my first post that clear its like someones took my steering wheel off & moved it a round abit while we were fitting new tyres lol

Edited May 8, 2007 by Wicker man

[Wicker man 2]

well just got back from having the tracking done & it was off

 

now good as new again

 

lots of woohoo'ing