February 23 2001 at 9:11 AM No score for this post
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Many times when I am watching my car at both front sides I am finding that wheels are closer to the rear fender side. I think this is a cause of many hits on suspension or ... ? Interesting is that both sides are with same measures ... hmm. Is it possible that the front suspension (control arms) grille to be deformed synchronously ?
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Hello again Ivo: Things to check on---
Strut rubbers on top-- if the shaft of the strut is NOT in the center-- when you open the Hood to look at them-- then the Rubbers may be bad....
Strut bolts on the lower strut holding the bearing-axle hub assembly-- there are 2- 17 MM bolts-- make sure they are tight...
The USA GTA used 195 X 50 X 15 inch tire-- anything bigger is TOO LARGE....
Have you looked at your steering TIE ROD ENDS ?
If you get play from your wheel-- when the car is jacked off of the ground-- then something is wrong...
Lower controll arm Bushings---- I have never seen them bad-- BUT I have seen them stuck before!!!!
Sometimes the bolt will rust and freeze into the bushing, and it is almost impossible to get it out in an afternoon-- sometimes I have to change Cradles just to get the lower controll arm off-- heat wil destroy the bushing, so I usually soak that bolt in WD-40 or any Penetrating oil-- then use a hammer over and over until the bolt wil unfreeze from the controll arm to try and save the arm... Since I have not seen a bad one-- does not mean it cannott be bad!!! but get under your car-- take off the wheels, to see what is wrong..
For performance on USA GTA-- most people buy KONI Struts-- that way in disasembling-- you can see what might be worn out!!!!
Good luck-- Joe in USA
since you have Power steering with your GTA-- check to see if the Steering Rack is moving around!!!!
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A couple more thoughts in addition to those of Joe's:
I don't remember if the control arms are symmetrical or not? (The ball joint at same distance from both bushings)
If they're asymmetrical, then it's possible that someone has once removed both control arms for some reason, and on reasssembly they've been refitted to opposite (wrong) sides?
Another possibility: someone's replaced the control arm bushings and they've been pressed in to wrong distance? This shouldn't move the arms from the right position by more than about 1 cm at max, however.
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I suspected the previous owner in some bad job :))
Actually I think there is some swap but with no books..
Anyway I would like to express my thanx to you
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