Hello, im having problems with my alignment
Last year i spun out doing 90 on a bend and curbed my right rear wheel, feel free to laugh . i had to replace the rim, axle, bearing and lower control arm in the process.
after i got my alignment done the farthest my rear toe could go on the impact side was -.6 degrees. after that i went on a fucking crusade on my rear and now a year later
i have replaced upper control arms, all of the bushings(literally) as well as the rtab bracket on the impact side and still cant get the car to allign, theres plenty of room on
the driver side of the car it seems to twist the eccentric bolts but on the right the bracket is all the way in. when i inspected the subframe it looked fine, no cracks or
anything like that. at this point the only thing i think it could be are the front subframe bolts bending in the direction of the impact permanently offseting the subframe left
of center, but needless to say its a bit of project dropping the whole thing so i was wondering if anyone has any other suggestions, advices on the issue, maybe i overlooked
something. Thankyou!!
You can check to ensure the subframe is square by measure it in an X and making sure the two lengths match. Also, toe is adjusted via the rear trailing arms and you didn't mention changing that. Verify the affected side trailing arm isn't bent.
Havent considered measuring the subframe in the x formation, ill have to try that. Yea i have the eccentric tool for adjusting the toe in the rear, and i have done a bunch of research thinking the trailing arm is bent but
from reading on the forums guys said that its cast iron and one of the toughest parts of the entire chassis so the chances that it was damaged are almost nill. Thanks for your reply!!!
Actually they are engineered to deform in a crash so there's less chance of damaging the pocket rtab areas. Notice the many holes in the arms? Those are the crumple areas. U say u are having a tough time with alignment and now u know why. Toe is set via the trailing arms.
Update:
Dropped the rear subframe to replace the front two subframe studs, driver side was bent and passenger side was loose. replaced the studs put everything back together thinking id be fine,
went to get it alligned, now im .6 toed in on driver side -.9 toed out on passenger WTF. since faulty trailing arm would only affect toe on one side i have to assume that the subframe is bent. Will be ordering one soon, might as well get an lsd and new bushings i suppose
Is that with the trailing arms maxed out toe in?
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