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right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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Shizzle
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right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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02 December 2013, 13:24 »
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
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02 December 2013, 13:50 »
Geometry setting out. Get caster/camber sorted. And 4 wheel alignment.
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thai-wronghorse
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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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02 December 2013, 14:14 »
Bent wishbone maybe?
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Shizzle
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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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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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tweed
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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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02 December 2013, 17:34 »
Or the over side is bent back from hitting a curb?
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Screech16v
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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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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
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Shizzle
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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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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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andy_k
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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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03 December 2013, 01:44 »
'only a cm or two'
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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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Shizzle
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Re: right side front wheel sitting more forward the left side HELP
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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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