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  • Colesy
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Feb 2009
    • 2980
    • Country: England

    #1

    What has bent or moved

    After my forced offroad overtaking manoeuvre, my tracking is definitely out.

    I've had the front wheels off to see if anything is bent and there is nothing obvious.

    The camber is like this: ns | \ os and the tracking is ns | / os.

    So the ns camber is almost non existent and tracking on the os is way out with the front of the tyre sticking out.

    I was thinking that the subframe might have moved? The steering arms look ok, the os is supposed to have a slight bend for clearance isn't it? I'm going to have a good look at the steering rack to see if anything has bent there but any other suggestions would be much appreciated.
  • TimE-J
    S2Forum Extremist
    • Jul 2009
    • 1292
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #2
    I would have thought that the lower arm would have taken a lot of the shunt and if that did bent then that would cause both the change in camber and wheel "toe".
    96 S2 aby Coupe. Rebuild Project
    96 mk3 golf tdi daily.

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    • S2Roo
      S2Forum Enthusiast
      • Feb 2004
      • 191
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      Wishbone bent? If its the pressed type I could imagine an impact from below with the weight of the vehicle on top would bend one of those.

      Are the wheels central in the wheel arch? If not that would be a sign that its the wishbone.

      Hope you get it sorted.

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      • Colesy
        S2Forum Fiend
        • Feb 2009
        • 2980
        • Country: England

        #4
        The wishbones are the cast type and don't look to be bent at all, both the wheels locate centrally in the arches as well. Cheers for the ideas.

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        • andy10v
          S2Forum Zealot
          • Mar 2009
          • 5996
          • Country: Scotland

          #5
          The balljoints can move, they would be my first port of call (they are known to slip if you bounce of a kerb in snow) (Aaron had problems with them moving when launching his drag car), the subframe can move. You also have a slight amount of potential movement in the hub carrier/upright bolts/holes.

          The pressed wishbones will bend relatively easily if they are loaded in certain ways
          Current-2004 Impreza PPP wagon

          Sold-92 3B coupe-RS2+, 996s, konis, rear torsen, forged rods........
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          • Colesy
            S2Forum Fiend
            • Feb 2009
            • 2980
            • Country: England

            #6
            I did have a good look at the ball joint mounts to see if they had moved at all, couldn't see any signs but it is quite hard to tell.

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