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Odd one.
Car has had full alignment a few times over the past 4 years of ownership. Nothing untoward has ever shown up and only ever needed the smallest of adjustment.
Now last week i replaced all four shocks, top mounts and (more castor) wishbones. I then strung the car out and had a crack at my own alignment check/adjust. Wheels are 7j ET37 with 16mm spacers upfront for caliper clearance.
Set it all up with both the rear wheels measured front and rear and string set to 270mm. The front offside is set parralell at 135mm and some odd reason the nearside is paralell at 148mm.
So the whole front track is 13mm to far over to the offside. And to make matters worse when you look down the nearside you can see it has camber (is it called negative when its in at the top.?) , with none (to the eye) on the offside.
Stripped the front suspension and wishbones off again just to check everything and all seems fine. Only happened since refreshing the components.
What are the chances of the shock absorber bolt holes being drilled slightly out on the near side shock which is now chucking camber in which ia affecting the toe on the nearside.
Everything was lined up great before hand and everthing has lined up sound other than the nearside track difference and camber.
Any ideas?? Its boggling my head now.
Sorry if i have worded parts incorrectly.
Car has had full alignment a few times over the past 4 years of ownership. Nothing untoward has ever shown up and only ever needed the smallest of adjustment.
Now last week i replaced all four shocks, top mounts and (more castor) wishbones. I then strung the car out and had a crack at my own alignment check/adjust. Wheels are 7j ET37 with 16mm spacers upfront for caliper clearance.
Set it all up with both the rear wheels measured front and rear and string set to 270mm. The front offside is set parralell at 135mm and some odd reason the nearside is paralell at 148mm.
So the whole front track is 13mm to far over to the offside. And to make matters worse when you look down the nearside you can see it has camber (is it called negative when its in at the top.?) , with none (to the eye) on the offside.
Stripped the front suspension and wishbones off again just to check everything and all seems fine. Only happened since refreshing the components.
What are the chances of the shock absorber bolt holes being drilled slightly out on the near side shock which is now chucking camber in which ia affecting the toe on the nearside.
Everything was lined up great before hand and everthing has lined up sound other than the nearside track difference and camber.
Any ideas?? Its boggling my head now.
Sorry if i have worded parts incorrectly.
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