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[Andyv6]

Lemforder arms were fitted
Arms fitted by me
Wheel alignment done on a hunter hawk eye by me
Yes arms were fitted on a ramp then tightened on the 4 wheel alignment ramp
It started pulling in June / July gradually getting worse
Wishbones replaced around 3 weeks ago
Had a look at the print out from the brake test when I moted it in May and there was only a 11% imbalance will have to get it back to work this weekend and drop it in the brake rollers again and see if it has changed any.

[05omegav6]

11% sounds alot

Mine's always bang on the same side to side...

PS wish I could MoT my own cars didn't know that was allowed...

[Andyv6]

The 11% was off just 1 test if I did a few brake tests and did an average it would be lower I can drop a new car in them and get a higher imbalance.
But that was also with the one calliper slide sticking on the o/s/f.

And yea no rule to testing your own car it is slightly frowned upon due to some testers being more lenient towards there own cars but I treat every car the same if it has a fault I can fail it on I do fail it.

[Manual Elite V6]

When I had this problem with my old Omega it turned out to be the rear bush of the wishbone, the wishbones were not that old, under normal checks everything seemed fine, but with the car on the ground and steering on full lock rocking it back and fore showed the rear wishbone bush moving in and out with a fair amount of play.

[chrisgixer]

11% would be accounted for by a sticking calliper,  no? Which you said was sorted but made no odds....?

IMO, whip the front wheels off and check the rearward bushes with a torch. Take and post pics if even remotely unsure.