Author Topic: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP  (Read 2198 times)

Offline Shizzle

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I have just takn my car for a wheel alignment and apparently one wheel on the front is more forward then the other does this mean its been crashed or is there another reason this could be.

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #1 on: 02 December 2013, 13:50 »
Geometry setting out. Get caster/camber sorted. And 4 wheel alignment.

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #2 on: 02 December 2013, 14:14 »
Bent wishbone maybe?

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #3 on: 02 December 2013, 15:09 »
Replacing them with some new 2nd hand ones with power flex bushes hope that sorts it.
Need my other wheels for a wheel alignment banded steels are a no no lol.

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #4 on: 02 December 2013, 17:34 »
Or the over side is bent back from hitting a curb?

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #5 on: 02 December 2013, 19:35 »
How much we talking? my mate had a corsa b that had a 2 inch difference in wheelbase  and yeah that had been pranged,he wondered why it pulled a bit  :grin:

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #6 on: 02 December 2013, 19:49 »
Mine pulls a little its only a cm or two but come up on machine so they showed me :).

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #7 on: 03 December 2013, 01:44 »
'only a cm or two'???????

A couple of millimetres is fine but a couple of cms suggests chassis/suspension damage - your car shouldn't pull to one side

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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
« Reply #8 on: 03 December 2013, 09:38 »
I need to get it on a ramp but im going away soon so cant stay as is for now.

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