Patrol pulling to the left

G'day mate,

perhaps take it to a place that can do a full alignment where toe/camber and castor can be checked. I don't know if the castor is adjustable on your car but maybe there is too much or too much negative camber on the right front and so the car pulls left, maybe too much positive camber on the left? a good inspection of the tread wear may tell the story. think i got that right, it's all a bit confusing sometimes.

I have always wondered if it has something to do with a lifted vehicle without adjustable panhard rods..... because your diffs creep across little to the drivers side and somehow that may cause steering droop????
Any takers on my theory?????

Its all probably been covered lots of times before but, this is what has been my saga.
First the car seemed to pull to the left. Not strongly, but to the left all the same.
So, got an adjustable bottom king pin bearing fitted to the LEFT hand side. Fixed the pull to the left but steering wheel still at one oclock position when travelling straight. Told the answer was to take steering wheel off and put it back straight. Well and good except for the booby trap known as an air bag in the centre of the wheel. No one really wanted to touch it, least of all me.
The cause of the off centre wheel was because the drag link from the steering arm to the left hand wheel is not adjustable.
After carefull measuring on my car, I found the link to be 1.7 mm too long. What to do?
Well it turned out to be easy to find four spacers 1.75 mm thick and to space the steering box out from the chassis rail using these spacers. Last weekend trip to Sydney and back from Albury steering PERFECT for the first time.
Not so the engine though. A little south of Sydney engine management dashlight came on. Oh, water in the fuel. Just drain the bottom of the fuel filter, all will be well. Nope No water. Light is off. Drive a fair bit further, engine management light on again. Stop engine and have think. Start engine and all OK again. For a while. Same procedure four or five more times before getting home.
Now Nissan dealer wants the car for four hours to do a diagnostic test. Will wait on the results with bated breath.
Forgot to mention, is 3.0L TDi with EGR blocked off.

Such is life.

Regards
Mike

Some do it, some don't. Absolutely nothing will fix some of them. Just like the shudder which ruined mine, it's a design flaw.

I did every fix known to man, got 2nd and 3rd opinions, spent thousands. Solution - went back to Landcruiser.

Happy.

Hows it going Spinifex,

Had the same ' normal ' Patrol problem ,pulling left ,wearing tyres .

Unfortunately camber is not easily adjustable .

After some research went to one of those places advertised as ' shim-a-line' in 4wd mags , ended up being a truck wheel alignment place . These guys were fully switched on in regard to the problem and adjusted the camber with offset mounts for the bearings in the front end.

The steering wheel was misaligned and was easily moved back , pretty sure it would be easier to look in the manual about how to remove the wheel than bugger about measuring stuff and spacing the steering box ?

The result is my Patrol goes straight doesnt scrub out lh front tyres and the wheel is straight , had it done a couple of years ago and found the cost very reasonable .

Hope this helps you out .

Glenn.

Maybe you should take your Patrol to see the Rocky Horror Show...

Its just a jump to the left!!!........tada tada tada daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

LOL

I'd had two GU's now and a friend of mine has had 4 GU's, all had the same trait, pulling left , however, after fitting pedders 2 inch lift everyone of the vehicles had /has been corrected. By lifting it alters the castor without need for kits. Maybe just lucky , but the electronic aligning doesn't lie.

As Glenn D said about, checkout PRO AXLE who do the shim-a-line corrections.
Had mine done by them over three years ago and steers straight and true, however the wagon will steer to the left or right slightly depending on the camber of the road.
Also check out Post 16181 for more info on the problem.
It can be fixed.
Cheers
Shawn