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i recently had my car into the garage for a interim service and get the off side rear suspension arm replaced, could having this replaced cause the tracking to be knocked out, because when i left the garage the steering wheel was out of alignment and don't know whether this repair would have caused this.

I stand to be corrected, but I think that due to the independant suspension all round, the rear wheels needs to be realigned after work on the suspension.

I had the same problem. The stearler replace the track rod while it was in for a survice. Unfortunately, the tracking was out on both wheels . Hence 8k miles late a brand new set of conti's wear worn out. The stealer then told me at the next service that the track had been checked and was found to be in tolerence. I told him to adjust it to what the car needed and not what the book said it needed! He was baffled by my request until I told him that if he adjusted it, it would still be within the 'tolerence' area laid down in his little book. Needless to say everything appears to be okay now.

Mat