- 1. veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:17:32 +0100
- Just a quickie: Anyone any ideas why my car has started veering to the left? - At least the steering is kind of weighted to the left - if I let go of the wheel it starts to turn left. It's nothing se
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00580.html (7,649 bytes)
- 2. RE: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:33:43 +0100
- Tyre pressures? Front wheel alignment (are your front tyres wearing more on the inside than the outside, or vice versa?) One of the brakes binding slightly, or a hub not spinning freely because of in
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00581.html (8,274 bytes)
- 3. RE: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: "Catchpole, Pat" <Pat.Catchpole@ntc-europe.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:54:04 +0100
- Sounds like the tracking (wheel alignment) is out a little, often caused by clipping a kerb with the wheel. The ends of the steering rack have threaded adjusters so that the direction of the wheels c
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00582.html (9,902 bytes)
- 4. Re: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:06:47 +0100
- Thanks Everyone, I have only seen a few messages also. I'm glad Im not the only one to get worried when this happens! ttfn, James /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00583.html (9,117 bytes)
- 5. RE: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:05:41 +0100
- ...Only seen a couple of list messages in the last 48 hours, is it a general problem or something wrong my end?... I think it's just been a little quiet over the last 24 hours. The weather has been t
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00584.html (8,288 bytes)
- 6. RE: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:44:58 -0400
- After a drive, check to see if one front hub (or rear hub) is hotter than the other. Doug Braun '72 Spit /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00586.html (7,792 bytes)
- 7. Re: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: Dean Rayner <dean_rayner@mac.com>
- Date: 26 Apr 2002 15:32:11 +0100
- Have you checked the obvious.....? Tyre pressures??? Dean /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00589.html (7,434 bytes)
- 8. Re: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 18:42:05 +0100
- You've probably got a brake jammed partially on, on the right front wheel. ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitne
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00594.html (8,062 bytes)
- 9. Re: veering to the left... (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:29:07 -0400 (EDT)
- ... which reminds me of another situation I have in my spit. ('69) Front right brake, when the caliper is tightened firmly to its mounting bosses, is _very_tight_. I have tried pushing the pistons ba
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00633.html (7,867 bytes)
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