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Subject Topic: problems towing with a pathfinder
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Personcharlichoo
20/8/2010 at 10:44pm
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Always better to have the caravan nose down (never nose up), so lowering the tow ball height to stop the "nose up" was correct in my book.

Have you had your Pathy checked to rule that out?

 

 


PersonGreendemon315
22/8/2010 at 7:06pm
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Agreed, it was right to lower it to prevent the nose up attitude.

Jim


Personphall
22/8/2010 at 7:33pm
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Thank you for your coments, i am trying to gather as much information as possible to try and rule out wasting money, but all comments are welcome to try and put the bigger picture in place. The pathy runs fine with van up to 56-60mph its then that it goes pear shaped. Thanks and keep them coming. 


PersonMarkhill
23/4/2012 at 9:57pm
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Hi did you mange to fix this problem as I ave the same outfit and the same problem? Thanks


PersonGrampian91
24/4/2012 at 12:23am
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Dont think the original poster has been back since posting this.

Is it running level or nose down, If not fit the towball a bit lower if possible.

Then check the noseweight, You want it as high as legally possible.

Cheap noseweight gauges seem to be rubbish though so dont rely on them.


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Personrushallmanor
24/4/2012 at 6:54pm
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These type of problems are always difficult to solve.

A few years back I owned an Abbey Oxford which I towed with a Vauxhall Carlton, and was very pleased. When my company car was changed to a Granada I had a similar issue to the OP. I tried everything, eventulally I tried towing someone else's van, and there were no issues!!!

So I changed the Abbey for a Eccles, same layout and weight and had no issues.

The only conclusion I came to was the wind flow over the car upset the Abbey but not the Eccles for some reason. The Carlton did not upset the Abbey.

Can you try towing another van?

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Regards

Steve




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24/4/2012 at 7:19pm
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Thank you for your comments. I have found out a few things since asking for advise. The pathfinders suffer from mis wheel alignment problems which will normally only be found when towing. On the advise of a car repairer and a tyre garage and practical caravan magazine, i found a garage which does electronic wheel alignment. This process looks for heal and toe of each wheel when the vehicle is at stand still and by rolling it backwards and forward. A computer print out then shows you the percentage of adjustment required to bring all wheels back to the manufactured positions. The garage adjusted all the wheels up and the difference in towing was instant. Don't be mistaken this is not tracking or wheel balancing but wheel alignment. The garage told me that the audi Q7 is the worst for this problem followed by the land rover defender, but any vehicle can have this problem simply by hitting a speed bump or hitting a kerb to hard or quick.
I have another caravan trip planned in may so i can monitor the progress once again and report back.
Regards Phil



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