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Caster adjustments?

Old Aug 10, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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After hitting a curb and tearing up my rim. I ended up buying 4 new wheels & tires. My right front is still set back too far and causes my car to pull to the right. What kind of suggestions are there for caster adjumtments?

Alignment report:
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      Range    Front Left Front Right
Camber: -1.3° to -0.3° | -1.0°   | -0.4
Caster: 6.6° to 7.6° |  7.0°   | 5.2°
Will require lower control arm caster kit to set caster and elongate subframe hole. caster set best as possible.
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Old Aug 10, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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I would say maybe you bent something in the process, maybe spindle or strut? possible also pushed the sub frame back a nudge.

Most common things we come across when doing body shop alignments.
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Old Aug 10, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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Originally posted by Enfynet@August 10, 2005, 4:50 PM
After hitting a curb and tearing up my rim. I ended up buying 4 new wheels & tires. My right front is still set back too far and causes my car to pull to the right. What kind of suggestions are there for caster adjumtments?

Alignment report:
Code:
            Range       Front Left  Front Right
Camber: -1.3° to -0.3° |  -1.0°     |  -0.4
Caster:  6.6° to  7.6° |   7.0°     |  5.2°
You definately bent something. The camber is what is probably causing the pull, and it will wear the RF tire on the outside.

They should be able to tell you what is bent. There are some aftermarket plates to adjust the Caster and Camber, but it's better to replace whatever is bent.
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Old Aug 10, 2005 | 05:31 PM
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Yea, I was afraid I bent something... Only I'm not sure what. The quote I put under the alignment sheet is what was noted on the work receipt. When I was looking at the car last week, I thought that the rearward bracket for the lower control arm looked a little out of place. I'm just not sure if the little that that is out of place would have anything to do with the nearly 1" rearward movement. I need to go back to get the lugs tightened tomorrow anyways, so when I go up there I'll talk to someone.
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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Originally posted by Stoenr@August 10, 2005, 6:07 PM
I would say maybe you bent something in the process, maybe spindle or strut? possible also pushed the sub frame back a nudge.

Most common things we come across when doing body shop alignments.
Ok, I was told that the fix would require them to drill into the subframe to move the lower control arm into place. Would this be an issue of the subframe being pushed back? They said nothing looked bent. My mechanic is on vacation until Sunday, when I'm going to ask him to look at it. Until then I'd like to learn as much as possible about what happened and what it takes to fix it.

Thanks

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