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Old 12-24-2011, 06:00 PM   #1
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Unhappy Front Right Wheel has postive camber and keeps veering to the left.Whats the problem?

I fucked up real bad today- hit a curb pretty hard. Front right wheel got hit pretty hard. As soon as I started driving, the steering wheel felt much lighter and unresponsive. I got out and took a look, it has slight positive camber and when driving straight, it keeps veering to the left. And there was some oil leaking from the CV joint. I'm a noob so I don't know where to start first or what the problem is.And its an S14.

Please save the flaming, I know I'm a complete idiot. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Old 12-24-2011, 06:07 PM   #2
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tie rod probably, alignment got screwed, possibly bent your lca
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Old 12-24-2011, 06:21 PM   #3
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could be your steering rack only way to figure out fursure is to take the wheel off get under there and see whats bent, snapped ect.
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Old 12-24-2011, 07:07 PM   #4
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I got under the car, and theres something connected to the LCA that goes towards the bumper, not sure what it is. But it looks like it got ripped from the bolt and theirs a huge hole leaking oil. Can someone tell me what this is? Sorry for the crappy cellphone pic .
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Old 12-24-2011, 07:16 PM   #5
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Tension rod.. You most likely bent your lca too
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Old 12-24-2011, 08:41 PM   #6
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yes agreed with all answers above, you might have damaged the rack and pinion, which is about $100 rebuilt, you can do it yourself or have a shop do it for what I would say, dont pay more than $350 with the Rack and pinion with labor, the picture is your tension rod,Megan Racing sells alot of suspension products for a good price, but go with whatever you want, I can say they're suspension is great, and I have replaced my Tension Rods with Megan,Caster Arms With Megan,Tie Rod ends with Megan,Megan Rack And Pinion Bushings,(some rear megan parts as well)Nismo Power Brace Bar , after whatever parts you need to install get done, you will have to get an alignment done. or you can try OEM parts at Nissan or a local autoparts store, just do some shopping online to compare prices.
If you dont know what to look for from damage under your car since you said your an idiot..lol jk.......take it to a shop see if they can inspect it for free, just tell them what happend and hopefully they can put it on the lift and inspect it and then just remember the parts you will need to buy or see what theyd charge you to get parts and labor for the appropriate parts
http://www.meganracing.com/product_page.asp?catid=26
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Old 12-24-2011, 09:17 PM   #7
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Thanks everyone, I'm gonna be picking up some Wicked Tuning tension rods on Monday.
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Old 12-24-2011, 09:29 PM   #8
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don't buy those
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never heard of them, time to google this, or Bing it, or Yahoo it
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wow, i guess they do suck LOL!!!! thanks google yahoo and bing, everyone is calling it, E-Gay stuff(e-bay) .Looks like you better look for something else
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Old 12-24-2011, 09:40 PM   #11
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don't buy those
Do you have personal experience with them?

I know a couple people that have run fully adjustable suspension from Wicked Tuning in their 240's and they all given very positive reviews on them. I don't understand why people automatically assume its some generic garbage just because their not as expensive as other high quality parts.
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Old 12-24-2011, 09:44 PM   #12
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buy it and let us know how they work out for you.
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Old 12-24-2011, 11:33 PM   #13
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Ok, so everything else looks good, only the tension rod has visible damage. But the LCA doesn't look bent at all, but their is still slight positive camber. And I hit the curb going only 5-10mph.Will a new LCA correct the camber problem?
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Old 12-25-2011, 01:06 AM   #14
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Again.. Most likely your lca is tweaked
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Old 12-25-2011, 01:08 AM   #15
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What happens is that the impact ovals out the holes where the tension rods bolt up to the lca
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Ok, thanks man. LCA ordered.
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Old 12-25-2011, 02:03 PM   #18
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I'm just picking up an OEM LCA, $300+ for some aftemarket ones is too much for me. And I'm still getting the Wicked Tuning tension rods. I have a friend who knows the guys that own it and he can get parts for even cheaper.
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Old 12-25-2011, 06:43 PM   #19
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Wicked is garbage. All cheap China stuff.

The spherical ball joints fail and can even fall apart while you're driving.

I know someone that bought them from a "friend" with a hook up price and they fell a part on him.

Suckers pay twice.
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