deMideon Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 I am still putting my 280Z back together, and I recent noticed that the front wheels seem farther forward than they should be. The tires (16inch 245/50) are just hitting the forward part of the front fender/air dam when I turn the wheel. So my thoughts are... fender too far back (although I can't say it would have much forward adjustment.) Possibly when I installed the camber adjustments in the control arms I have the wide end facing the wrong way, although I would think the strut bar wouldn't line up right then. Here is a pic: should the wide end (see arrow) be toward the back or the front? The only other thing I can think of is that I don't have the strut rod adjusted right... how do I make sure it is tight enough? Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1240Z Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 You got any pictures of what your talkin about?I had a similar problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Your image isn't showing up. !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.pk Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 maybe this will help your resposes...... i personally dont remeber if the large portion is suppose to be in the front or back and i dont have my car here or id go look PROBLEM.... http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/demidion/detail?.dir=/e681&.dnm=fc1b.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deMideon Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 Yeah... go to the link 280zcar posted... I wonder why my link doesn't work... first time I've tried to do that and it shows up for me! If anyone know how to fix it let me know! Thanks!! Anyway the place I am talking about is where the control arm mounts to the engine crossmember. The camber adjuster has a wide section.. I currently have it towrd the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Sounds like you have a bunch of caster. That's a good thing from a handling point if view (up to 6 degrees positive). I had to cut the back edges of my front spoiler when I ran 275/45-16s on my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deMideon Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 Yeah with 275's I would expect to have to cut them.. but these fit under my stock fenders.. so I do think I've done something wrong... you can see from my icon I did have a 240 with 16X10 slicks... I had to do a LOT of work to get those to fit!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I had the same problem you guys are talking about when I went to 5* caster with 250/45/15 slicks, but I don't think that is your current problem demidion. With the G machine TC kit I had about 3* caster. I don't know how you'd get more than 3* with a stock TC rod. I would imagine that it would be pretty obvious if you had the camber adjusters in backwards because the TC joint would be really loose, and then when you tightened it down it would load the crap out of the control arm bushings and it probably wouldn't move very easily at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deMideon Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 I did think that might be the case... My only other thought is that I don't have the TC rod preloaded right.. What's the best way to do that? Tighten it until it start being difficult to move then back off a little until it's easy to move again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Use an old rubber bushing in the back and compress it a bit. Shouldn't be loose, but you don't need to put an impact on it either. Just your usual bushing compression type thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deMideon Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 Yep, I have pretty new rubber bushings on the back... I'll make sure they are compressed a bit... that may be the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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