GU Patrol Wheel Alignment Question

That's been through some debate a while ago. See post No. 26062
In simple terms Bob Jane are right. Only one ajustment(total toe) means the wheel has to come off.

What that tells you, is that the wheel alignment from the factory was wrong.

As on most cars today, wheel alignment is not checked on pre del;ivery.

For the wheel now to be out of centre, that means that the toe in/out must have been set wrong off the line. It is mosty unlikely that the alignment was put out in transit.

All new cars I have bought, I take it straight from the dealer to the wheel aligner, and more often than not, the alignment is not spot on.

28,000K for a set of tyres does not appear normal, and I would suggest that maybe you have a part claim on Nissan. The very least the dealer should do, is straighten the wheel up.

Regards

Col Tigwell

PG
Just try something before you get to involved with caster and camber
Try swaping the two front tyres left to right quick fix if it works

PG,
Iv'e been through all of this 2yr ago, the only problem with removing and repositioning the steering wheel (as iv'e had this done) is that the spline is not fine enough and the wheel goes to far to the left,ie vehicle drives straight but now wheel points left of centre.
to get it right ment having to remove linkage from steering box reset position and the whole bun fight just keeps going and it is never quite right, so I just gave up and drive as is.
Cheers

G'day, The steering wheel should be centralised first, (ie. held in correct position - straight ahead) then set the "toe in". Not hard to do, just most can't be bothered.

Cheers

Take it to somebody who only does suspensions, eg Pedders or if in Qld, Fulcrum Suspensions
BJ's 275K machine may be accurate but there is more to doing a wheel alignment than just setting it at 0 toe in. A specialist knows about our high camber roads, knows about solid front axles and knows your local roads and will do his best to set it so it tracks straight when the steering wheel is straight ahead. They all have their own little tricks

gday pg.
your tyre place is spot on.
i used to have the same problem when doing wheel alignments on patrols.
when the wheel ended up being of centre i sent them to the local nissan dealer to remove and realign steerinig wheel.
usually only one spline but we didnt have the right equipment for air bags.
local dealer never had a problem doing it.
just your local nissan dealer being slack.
cheers

I have had the same Coopers ST 265/75/16 10 ply fitted to my 2002 3.0TD auto and had the same problem. I got the best service from Cutlers Tyre service here in Coffs Harbour. I had balance problems and steering problems with a wheel cranked to the left and shimmy.
Cutlers did an on car balance and a couple of alignments. Finally we went to a castor kit on both sides and a re-alignment. That left the steering wheel off centre. I then took it to Bellbowrie Motors, my Nissan dealer, and had it fixed in a few hours at a very moderate cost. That was over 35,000Km ago and all has been OK since.
The Coopers have performed well, just a slight increase in road noise and wet handling above expectations for the type of tyre on wet bituman. The original Bridgestones A/T were a lot quieter but their wet handling when getting past 50% wear was very interesting to say the least.
My conclusion is that the Patrols, when fitted with better tyres require specialist alignment, and if done properly is a good investment and makes a long journey pleasurable.
Graeme