Patrol Front Suspension & Tyres

It pulls to the left in both instances and the company who did the wheel alignment said there was very little that could be done about this.

The Captains reply (below) is what I was aiming at. Try to make sure there is no brake pad error to start with, having eliminated that factor make it easier.
Trying to find someone professiuonal who can think it through with you is hard these days. I used to have an "old timer" who could drive the vehicle 100meters down the road and back , tell you everything that was wrong, fix it in a day and never charge you enough, Gee they're hard to find now. The tendency is to keep throwing money at it until the problem is eliminated.
good luck Carpe Diem

Rotating the tyres does help to some degree. I have had a mixture of new & old tyres and I keep switching them around every few thousand K's and the wear pattern is not as obvious as all tyres are sharing the load. I have seen various articles in magazines where full suspension upgrades have been done and camber/ castor (not sure which) kits have been installed as part of the suspension overhall. It is never made clear whether this has been done to address problems like mine or whether is is a standard practice. The difficulty is cutting through all the bull and the tendancy for people to recommend enhancements which they have a vested interest in, this is where I got caught out last time where the change addressed one problem but caused more.

I'm not in the position to upgrade the whole suspension at this time but this will occur sometime in the future as I'm into 4WD for the long haul. Thanks for your thoughts and I will consider all suggestions.

My two bobs worth is.............

The puddle duck, The Captain & etc are right about the need for a kit.

How do I know?

Well, in 1998, my GU was brand new & suffered the same fate.
Took advice from the RAA after nissan said it was in spec. (read: Nissan are not interested in helping you on this matter).

Eventually, in went a three -quarter degree kit on the LHS, at my cost. Problem was less pronounced; yanked it out & tweaked it up to a full degree. It was worse. Yanked out out & reinstalled it at 3/4 of a degree. Each fiddle necessitates an alignment.
Since then (i.e. at 10,000 km) it has been left at 3/4 degree.

But the final solution was a return to centre steering damper. It has an external spring - I think it is a '4 - way Suspension' branded unit. I reckon the external spring steering damper is the one to get Vs any old after market brand.

All up spent > $ 550 and two scrubbed tyres.
But it is now driveable.

Unfortunately this has put the moccas on a lifted / heavy duty spring kit on the front.

But I have upgraded the shocks to 'Ride Pro' brand, & am very satisfied with them.

Cheers
Rick ( S.A.) - " Why explore? It is as well as for those who ask such a question that there are others who feel the answer and never need to ask."