Front End Help

[Kosij]

Need help as the shops here in the sticks are farked!

My front wheels are wearing out really bad on the inside, I mean chunks are being scrapped into the tyres also I can see a scratch mark on my drivers side rim on the inside lip.

And when I jumped under to have a look I could see the sway bar has been moving side to side about 10cms....

Went to pedders and fark me! Reckons all is good apart from a wheel bearing and lower ball joint (ball joint is 3 months old)

Now could these two things cause my problem or is something else seriously wrong?

Really need to hurry up and move back to Sydney where workshops like cms and so on are.

If you look closely you can see the wear mark on the away bar from the movement :/

Edited 31/01/13 12:06 PM by Kosij

[Kosij]

And btw

Diff bush is new

Heatshields are fine

Oil line is fine

Just to clear that up lol

[ScatterBrain]

Excessive toe in or negative camber will cause inner tyre wear. Maybe also check you lower front control arm bushes, see if they're split. In regards to the marks on the inside of the wheels, turn your steering to full lock and see if the rims are touching the swaybar

Edited 31/01/13 12:39 PM by ScatterBrain

[Kosij]

Apparntly pedders couldn't find scratch marks from rubbing so there excuse was "maybe wheel weights hit and scratched" dead set after 18 months it all of a sudden has happend now and that was there reply! Shows how smart they are.

Should I try it on the ground under load or jacked up?

[Ralph Wiggum]

Heatshields are fine

RED heatshields ARE NOT FINE.

do it with weight on the wheels with car at ride height. My money is on the rim touching the upper control arm due to dud lower ball joint

[senna_T]

Agree with ralphy about the ball joint

Also, the tyre wear looks like the result of very soft front lower arm bushes. This causes toe out at higher speed due to the rolling resistance.

If the swaybar is moving around I would say that the D-Bushes are cactus.

Also, it looks like you need new front discs and or pads...

[Ralph Wiggum]

^allbecauseredheatshields

[ScatterBrain]

Another possibility for the scratched rim, There could be excessive free play in the wheel bearing.

[Kosij]

Picked the car up $350

New hub

New lower ball joint

Wheel alignment

Drives straight feels tighter and more responsive. Thinking about putting the xr8 18" rims back on instead of the 20"s cheaper for rubber and softer on the poor car. Was told the front was way out and back camber was shocking, something about toe was adjustable but nearly maximum blah blah blah that explained why the rear tyres always wore out to wire on the inside when I do skids lol

Will post videos up toomorrow after the burnout comp