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I just noticed something...
So I was looking at the front of my car and I thought I was going crazy....it seemed my car was leaning on the drivers side. So I go take a look and the space between my tire and fender on the front drivers side is significantly smaller than on the passenger side... so I realize this might be in conjunction with hearing a scraping sound when i make a hard right turn.... so i looked in the wheel well, and it seems the tire has rubbed againgst the plastic guard...
Yes I'm planning to change my suspension anyways, but are there any other adjustments I should make aside from a new suspension? Thanks
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Hey Enthuzed1,
I know what you mean! I had a similar problem. You could literally grab my wheel well and lift it up over 1" and it would stay!! Then for fun, you could sit on it to collapse it back! I am at the tail end of all the repairs and I can tell you with all original springs, struts, ball joints and bearings they ALL needed to be replaced! I don't think there are any adjustments that would have helped me prevent all the replacements but maybe someone has experience to the contrary! Good luck!
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i had the same problem once enthused... turned out that when i had lowered the car the last time i had one side completely jacked up the tires on that side tucked under the car slightly. solved it by lacking the side up slightly again. it was interesting to watch the wheels pop back into the place they should have been in. i guess i had lowered it too fast.
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02-01-2006, 10:46 PM
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now I just thought about something... I rebuilt the engine a while ago and I remember removing the torsion bar under the oil pan....I also replaced the motor mounts.....It took some adjusting to make everything fit back.....could i have not aligned something correctly??
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02-02-2006, 09:49 AM
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Well thats the sway bar you took off in the front, torsion bars are in the back and serve a different purpose (essentially they act as springs) . I do not think you could have altered the ride height at all with the sway bar, regardless of how you put it on (correct or not).
Pull off the wheel which has the sagging suspension, check the body of the strut housing. My guess is the strut is just old and probably blown / worn out. Look for dirt accumulation or even fluid from the strut. How big of a difference in ride height did you notice? Im not sure what you mean by adjustments, care to elaborate?
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woops, sorry, wasn't thinking when typing....i meant the front crossmember under the engine, in addition to the torsion bar... I believe the crossmember links to the suspension...maybe thats the problem?
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02-02-2006, 09:27 PM
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bump,
just checking if there are any other possibilities...
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i had the same problem till i found out that the sway bar bracket on the lower side had broke. not only was it lower but one front wheel sat more more forward than the other. since then, i've replaced both brackets and installed the KLA sway bar bracket supports. please check your sway bar bracket supports, they might be the problem.
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Probally bad struts. Mine did the exact same thing. You could lift up the front or push down & the car would stay in that position. Was Kinda weird. But I could also hear clunking when going over bumps so I knew where to go with the problem, basically the struts were sticking either up or down. ...Replace em & this should all go away.
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