padam07 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I did a search but did not come up with much information. I installed my Rota wheels yesterday to get ready to do my flare installation. Well I noticed an issue with my passenger side wheel being too close to the front of the fender. I had the suspension out of the car to install new strut cartridges. Does anybody think that when I reinstalled everything that I messed up this adjustment at the compression rod? Will I be able to pull the wheel back by the compression rod?? Here are the pics to show you what I mean. passenger side. Driver side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter72 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Can you see a difference from the end of the nuts to the end of the threads on the compression rods, by comparing both sides?. Nut might not be tightened up all the way. Maybe extra parts on that compression rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 1. Check to make sure you installed the LCA bushings correctly. The longer part of the bushing goes behind the LCA. 2. Make sure the TC rods are installed correctly and torqued as specified in the FSM. 3. Set the front toe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padam07 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Can you see a difference from the end of the nuts to the end of the threads on the compression rods, by comparing both sides?. Nut might not be tightened up all the way. Maybe extra parts on that compression rod. I didn't have time yesterday to check. I will check next time I am there. 1. Check to make sure you installed the LCA bushings correctly. The longer part of the bushing goes behind the LCA. 2. Make sure the TC rods are installed correctly and torqued as specified in the FSM. 3. Set the front toe. I might have made the mistake and swapped the bushings. Thanks I will check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn's 19752 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Hi was wondering what you done to fix this prob. I'm having the same issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-E Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Assuming the body isn't bent, the strut top and lca bushing are in the same place on both sides, so hanging freely would make them equidistant... the problem has to be the compression rod, either the bushings aren't torqued down, some washers are on the wrong spots, something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naptown Dave Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 As stated above, check your lca bushings and t/c rod installation but also take a look at the condition of your lca. One of mine had two pretty good dents in it. I didn't think much of it and wire brushed, painted and installed new bushings. The impact (s) that caused the dents also bent the arm about 1/2" making my horizontal wheel spacing that much different. Our cars are plus/minus 40 years old and have seen who knows what kind of abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I still have rub marks on the inside front of my fenderwell from when I broke a TC rod while parallel parking. Without the TC rod, there's not much keeping the control arm from moving back and forth. Everything is rubber-mounted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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