Maximeltman

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my car's front wheel on the passenger side isslanting inward on top, but the driver side wheel is straight. I have the Ksports installed and both are at 0 degrees on the camber plates. I took her in to get an allignment and the mech said that it could be a bent control arm. I'm inspecting it right now but can't see anything faulty. The only thing is when I changed the balljoints about a year ago, the passenger balljoint was a real ***** getting out of the wheel hub and I was constantly heating that part and prying at it hard as hell. The hub is beefy in that area so I dont think I actually bent it but who knows...
Also while I'm under the car, I see that the steering tie rod is a wee bit longer on the driver side than on the passenger side, could this be why the passenger front wheel is tilted in towards the top? I read in the Haynes that camber is preset on our cars at the factory and cannot be adjusted?
Can anyone please help me out with suggestions?

njmodi

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Yup - sounds like you have a bent LCA..The tie-rods will only control toe-in. Double check the hub and spindle too. Any good shop should be able to tell exactly what is bent.

You can get a replacement LCA off Ebay that includes bushings and a new ball joint for 70 bucks.

Maximeltman

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ya i seen that on ebay...just wanna pinpoint the problem fist before I spend money. thank you njmodi.

Maximeltman

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if it is the hub or spindle I'd probably need to go to nissan directly and pay a lot...this sux.

blackbeautyse97

Yea I bent my passenger side control arm in the rain one time I took a turn to fast and went straight into a curb. I thought it was my axle, but come to find out I CRUSHED my LCA and when I would go to floor it my car would pull like a beach to the right. Yea man its prolly your control arm

aznprid972

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I went to my mechanic yesterday and he told me that my LCA was bent too. He wouldn't do my alignment because he wouldn't want to put his name on an alignment that would still cause problems pulling.


PS.. Is this all I need to replace it? No extra bushings needed or anything else?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lower...spagenameZWD1V

njmodi

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Nope - thats all you need.

aznprid972

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awesome... thanks!

now if I can find a writeup somewhere.....

njmodi

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look up user nick - his www link is to his cardomain page - he has a writeup.

aznprid972

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nice... man this forum just keeps giving and giving. Thanks again!