View Full Version : Alignment problem! Toe keeps coming back!
90S13
06-05-2009, 02:33 PM
Alright so my car was involved in an accident a while ago and ever since then ive been having some major alignment problems. It got hit on the passenger side and thats the side that is given me the most problems, the front passenger side seems to be way cambered in and my toe is just unbearable im dragging that wheel everytime I drive!
Ive replaced the rack with 2 new tie rods also the front subframe and both LCAs, I toook it to go get aligned and the toe came back! what i noticed is that everytime i hit water my toe seems to come back. dragging status! any input on what it could be?
DataXUnknown
06-05-2009, 02:47 PM
is the toe only in the front? if there is toe in the rear check your rear subframe, it could be a little bent where the arms are.
90S13
06-05-2009, 02:54 PM
no the toe is only in the front thats it. as I drive I could hear the tire being dragged as if I was drifting in a straight line. I go through more set of front tires than I do rears! =( I replaced almost everything I could change( Rack, Tie Rods, Front Subframe, Both LCAs with bushings(not balljoints) what could be left for me to change, spindle, strut, ball joints??
SoguRacing
06-05-2009, 03:04 PM
I'm assuming toe is in aka negative toe. tires would be like this l \ . make sure everything is tight conecting to your PS rack. inner tie rod and outer tie rods. did you happen to check your tension rods? maybe the bushing is wack or perhaps you have a weak structural connection that bending with time. check it out. dont know what more to say. maybe some pics will help of that corner of the car.
90S13
06-05-2009, 03:38 PM
I'm assuming toe is in aka negative toe. tires would be like this l \ . make sure everything is tight conecting to your PS rack. inner tie rod and outer tie rods. did you happen to check your tension rods? maybe the bushing is wack or perhaps you have a weak structural connection that bending with time. check it out. dont know what more to say. maybe some pics will help of that corner of the car.
yeah thats what my tire looks like. hmm maybe it is my tension rod i didnt change that yet. ill get some pics up as soon as i can. anyone else with some input im having major negative camber problems as well that im thinking can be my spindle since i changed out the LCA and subframe correct?
90S13
06-05-2009, 03:43 PM
got some pics:
Drivers Side (Good Side):
Camber Check:
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car024.jpg
Toe Check:
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car023.jpg
Everything is good here.
Passenger Side(Bad Side):
Camber Check (FAIL):
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car021.jpg
Toe Check (Now the toe is the opposite direction):
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car020.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car022.jpg
BoostedCoupe
06-05-2009, 03:46 PM
maybe the frame is bent on that side? or maybe whoever does your alignment fails and dosent tighin things after they are done.
SoguRacing
06-05-2009, 03:46 PM
check the rear upper control arm bushings. maybe your springs are losing their sprung. that can cause (-) camber.
3D-sOn
06-08-2009, 09:25 AM
well i kind of have the same problem on a s14. Except mine is from both sides from the front. It can also be that your chassis my be dameged from the accident and is causing a - toe.
90S13
06-09-2009, 03:22 PM
hmm can anything else cause toe like a messed up front spindle tension rod or something? cause i highly doubt my frame got tweeked cause there is no noticable damage and the only thing that got yankeed off was one of the bolts that hold up the swaybar bushing bracket thats it oh and the right part of the power brace got pushed back a tiny bit
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