Wheel alignment question,again.

[fab]

I thought about doing that.
Looking at the avatar Mat do you think by doing that by moving it a notch it would be center.I mean are there that many splines as Rich said to allow for that amount of adjustment?
Also is it difficult to get the steering wheel off?

[Swervin_Mervin]

It will get ti close. I had to do this on my old BX. It still wasn't perfectly in the centre but hey. My valver's isn't dead straight but it's better than in used to be.

[Rich]

yes its multi splined mate, no its one torx bolt in the middle, they sometimes need a bit of a wiggle/pull to come off once the wheel is loose but yes there will be mate

[fab]

nice one lads.i will give it a try and also the bolt to see if the bitch comes back straight.
does the cap in the center of the steering wheel just pop off?

[Zollo]

does the cap in the center of the steering wheel just pop off?

Yup, it does indeed.

Incidentally, my steering wheel is also on the piss, even after wheel alignment.

[fab]

Ok so we now know that if I remove the steering wheel and reposition it,it will center my steering wheel,and as she drives straight i will be happy with that.

Back to the camber problem,as these cars are very camber sensitive.

denomination as Rich said.

I have done top mounts and track rods and ends.The rear axel and near side come up perfect on the alignment tests.
What are the likely other suspects that would cause the camber to be out on the offside wheel?

Wishbone.Done recently for MOT.
Strut.
Stub Axel.
Chassis.
Would the subframe matter?
What about the anti roll bar?

sorry about all the questions,just want to understand the suspension setup better as well as sort it out.

Adding the following link to help.

[Rich]

could be a bent strut, suspension turret itsef (probably more noticeable) hub, stub axel, not very likely but iirc wheel bearing being knackered can affect it (not 100% on the last one) could be ball joint bolts beign too small etc, is it positive or negative camber your suffering from mate?

[fab]

negative.
being that the top of the wheel is slightly leaning inwards.(you know that anyway )
i mean you can barely see it when you look at it but when the readings come back with -2 difference especially because the near side is positive and you know the way the roads camber towards the nearside anyway that 2 degrees makes a big difference.
the mechanic at Renault said ahh well you will be taking the car abroad and you drive on the other side over there and thus you will not feel the camber as much.
So what I did was on saturday was find an empty road and drove on the left hand side to see if there was much difference.TBH it still cambered to the near side.

[Rich]

he he yeah mate eer as i say check the simpler things first, (ie strut etc as its easy to take off/see if its bent) i'm presuming its not du to a lowering issue seen as that would be the obvious answer : and i know they are renault monkeys(no offence richy :P ) so it may just be worth a check to see if they actually tightened up all the wheel bolts to see if the wheel is sat square

[fab]

do you think Rich if shes sat lower because of a spring issue this would cause the camber to be out?Pretty sure they said the springs were good.