Had A Minor Mishap And Hit The Kerb :(

[NateR31]

So it was went, kinda lost it, front left mounted the kerb at around 40kms..

Now the front left wheel sits arounc 1cm further or so back, had a look under the car and nothing apears to be bent, but somthing is as the wheel sits back. I made a template of the right lower control arm to compare to the left and it seems fine. So what could be bent that dosnt look it? could the sway bar be pushing it all back?

any ideas?

just so you know whats there, the front is basicly the same as a s13/14/15 silvia

[BHDave]

Castor rod mount? radiator support that it mounts to? Maybe you've opened up the bush on the castor rod in an area you cant really see?

[NateR31]

Castor rod mount? radiator support that it mounts to? Maybe you've opened up the bush on the castor rod in an area you cant really see?

thanks, ill go have a look there today

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

swap castor rod from other side, see if that fixes it, if so replace castor rod & get a wheel alignment probably a good idea also...

I came off a ripple strip sideways and bent front left upper control arm, we measured camber and +1.5 degrees before i replaced it!.......

[NateR31]

swap castor rod from other side, see if that fixes it, if so replace castor rod & get a wheel alignment probably a good idea also...

I came off a ripple strip sideways and bent front left upper control arm, we measured camber and +1.5 degrees before i replaced it!.......

hah! good idea! ill definetly do that today, thanks mate!

[blind_elk]

swap castor rod from other side, see if that fixes it,

You can't - they're mirror images of each other.

[D_I_F]

your going to have to get it on a hoist or jax it up.. take the wheel off..

it could be a number of things.. castor rod, upper control arm or lower control arm.. i did the same thing with mine.. the front wheel was completely f*cked.. the back was a little off.. it was the lower control arm on the back that i had to replace.. just make sure nothing is leaking

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

You can't - they're mirror images of each other.

should have mentioned... on gts-4 or gtr you cant

gts-t, castor rods are identical

[joh21m]

does your steering feel looser??? same thing happened to me

im in the process of chaging the lower control arm and the castor rods, HOPEFULLY that fixes it...

let us know how you go, im very interested as to what it is...

Edited May 13, 2006 by joh21m

[ob1]

My wife ran up a gutter in a similar way in my GTIR and bent the lower control arm. I just took it to my local Fulcrum shop and they diagnosed it for free. They didnt charge me 'cause they knew i'd be back at a later date with the control arm to pay them to put it in and wheel align it.

I'd say just duck down to a suspension shop and get them to check it.

[skylinegtts]

also check the bushes as when this happened to me it stuffed one of my bushes