What's This Part Called?

[Psymon]

Noticed excessive negative camber on the front right wheel of my R32 GTS-T the other night so i pulled my wheel of to figure out what had happened. The only thing i could see that was obviously damaged was the big metal part that joins the upper and lower control arms. I can't find the usb cable for my camera so i can't put up a pic.

So what is that part called and would it affect my camber?

Cheers, Simon.

[MrStabby]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-wishbone_suspension

"The suspension consists of a pair of upper and lower lateral arms, roughly horizontal and of similar length. The upper arm is usually slightly shorter to induce more negative camber on the outside wheel as the vehicle body rolls in a turn. Between the arms there is a knuckle with a spindle or hub which carries the wheel bearing and wheel. Knuckles with an integral spindle usually do not allow the wheel to be driven. A bolt on hub design is commonly used if the wheel is to be driven."

So it sounds like you're talking about the knuckle.

HTH

[Beer Baron]

lol, knuckle. he's talking about the "upright" it joins the upper control arm to the hub. you must have hit something farken hard to damage the upright.

[Psymon]

Well i haven't hit anything hard recently... only slightly clipped one of those angled gutters. But..... about a year ago i was ran off the road by some clown and went straight into a gutter at about 80ish. I checked at the time but there was no obvious damage. The only thign i can think of is maybe the first incident weakened it. I found it odd that there was no damage at all to any of the other suspension compenents! :s