2000SC pulling to the right

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restojon

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Hi everybody,
my 72 2000SC has developed a pull to the right when driving. It happens when accelerating, braking, uphill, downhill, to sum up, it's constant. The O/S/F tyre has scrubbed the outer edge very badly too. (could this just be cambering from the road surface?)
I've checked toe in, tracking and all the obvious stuff like ball joints and dampers/springs and apart from the N/S/F upper ball joint boot being split and being a tad dry I can't find the reason it's doing this.
The car is sitting level at all four corners however the DeDion oil seal has started to leak and weep from the gaiter and I haven't had the time to check the track width on the rear end yet incase anything has got stuck(my money would be on this :?: ).
There is one more symptom which I'm not sure if it's linked or not, the O/S/F brake has begun to squeak on hard application and there is a slight squeak which goes away as you increase speed when pulling away from a stop.
These could be a mixture of different problems but if anyone's got any insights or experience of this I'd be grateful for the input.
Thanks. :D
 
Swap the front tyres over and see if it pulls the other way.
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That was going to be tomorrow's job, seems a logical step to make a deduction. I shall report my findings. Thanks for the reply,
Cheers,
Jon.
:D
 
Follow up time:
I removed the wheels today to do the swap and when I removed the O/S/F the tyre had completely deformed :shock: . It had sunk inwards and was very badly cambered. With the weight of the car back on it the sunken parts didn't show as bad but it bulged elsewhere so I think I can say with some degree of certainty that the tyre has had it :cry: . The spare has now gone on in place of it and no more pulling and the other symptoms have gone away too. Checked all of the brakes and joints whilst I was in there and no other damage is apparent so that's good news. Thanks for your suggestions,
Jon.
:D
 
What sort of age is the tyre ? I've had old tyres explode on me, if they're all quite old I would suggest replacing them, especially if you can see any cracking in the rubber.
 
The tyres for the 2000 are cheap as chips so well worth rebooting the whole car. I did mine on it's first mot as the previous owner had fitted two odd size tyres at the back!!! :shock:
 
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