Matty W
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It's been doing it for a while now, only when I'm accelerating which makes me think its a wishbone ( would make sense considering I slid into a kurb on the ice in 2008, but its had 3 MOT's since, never noticed anything apart from track rod ends and I've had it on the ramps in work loads of times. Did consider that it could be that its lowered 60mm on standard length driveshafts, could be affecting the diff. Any thoughts?
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Matty W
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Forgot to add, tread wear is equal and tyre pressures are correct.
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pow
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Wish I could get to the bottom of the MiTo doing that, I've been fobbed off with sooo many excuses, tracking is alright, camber is a bit more on the passenger side than drivers but can't be adjusted.
I'd love it get it sorted 
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JaffaTB
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my corsa has always done this mate, even before i lowered it
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Dan.Beckett
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could u of bent the strut how hard did u hit the kurb or knocked ur steering rack over?
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Edges 58
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Left hand brake caliper not fully releasing?? Or could just be following the camber of the road
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Matty W
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its on new struts and ive adjusted the tracking since the accident. could be the caliper, went through a set of pads on the nearside whilst the off side still had a slight bit more on them.. but its only noticable under acceleration. ( if i let the wheel slip, i'd hit the kurb )
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adiohead
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All cars pull to the left as they follow the camber of the road. I had a seized brembo that made mine worse.
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AlexW
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Unless its proper bad, its just the road, But if anything its going to be bushes, which are going to be fucked on a over ten year old corsa.
Its not a bad idea replacing bushes even if its not the cause of this current problem, tierod and lower arm ones i'm talking about.
A bit of movement in them could cause the wheel to move backwards in the arch and then pull that way slightly.
Standard length driveshafts and being lowered is nothing to worry about on your car, It really only becomes a problem when you have lots of torque breaking cv's because they cant move around, or bottoming out the cv, which again, won't be a problem on your car.
[Edited on 21-04-2011 by AW06]
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Matty W
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It's not the road camber, I drive other cars at work and they are no where near as bad as this. I'll get it on a ramp on Saturday and check the bushes. Think arms are about a tenner each and they come with ball joints
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pow
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Yeah mine isn't the road either... I wish people would stop fobbing you off with that
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ianofbhills
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drive on the opposite side of the road. If it pulls the other way then its the road if not get your geometry checked on a 4 wheel laser align machine like a hunter. (not just your tracking checked)
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6580gareth
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run it with a slight toe in when tracking.but first i would definetely change front end bushes.transforms the car.
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AlexW
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quote:
Originally posted by music1990
Think arms are about a tenner each and they come with ball joints
New arms isnt a bad idea, but without sounding like steve, Make sure they are good quality and not made of piss thin metal, corsa ones should be nice and strong.
If it was mine, I'd be fitting poly bushes I think.
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Matty W
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i'll get our parts department to order me 2 on tuesday.
Poly bushes a pain to fit? would you recommend i do the arb bushes aswel or is it not worth the hassle?
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AlexW
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I'd be removing the ARB  They are easier to fit than standard bushes as they come in 3 parts that you just push together.
It would be worth doing the tiebar bushes too, But remember, pre and post 97 have different sized bushes.
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