ok fellas...im at wits end..
#1
Le Mans Master
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ok fellas...im at wits end..
So a while back i hit a few bumps and the right back tire would come up and hit the inner wheel well. Enough to leave tire groove burn marks in the well. Figured the shocks were dated, so i put on LG G2 coilovers at 700# in the back. Hit a bump last week and today and the same thing happened. I cant believe these stiff coils would allow that. Its only on the right side to. Just had a full alignment done today. A 300$ one....and it happen again. The right tire is wearing faster than the left as well, not sure if its related. Is there a bushing or something that could be shot that would allow this? Wtf is going on?!
#3
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
Lg wheels. Lowered 1.5 michelin tires. C5 coupe. Never happen before. Nothing has changed before this happen. The car also is darty under hard braking
#6
Race Director
So a while back i hit a few bumps and the right back tire would come up and hit the inner wheel well. Enough to leave tire groove burn marks in the well. Figured the shocks were dated, so i put on LG G2 coilovers at 700# in the back. Hit a bump last week and today and the same thing happened. I cant believe these stiff coils would allow that. Its only on the right side to. Just had a full alignment done today. A 300$ one....and it happen again. The right tire is wearing faster than the left as well, not sure if its related. Is there a bushing or something that could be shot that would allow this? Wtf is going on?!
How is the tire wearing?
#7
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
Im gonna raise it up some i guess...but ita not happening on the left side. Rear is pretty planted. Align specs are stock c5z
#8
Melting Slicks
Are you saying that your hitting the top of the fender line, or the side of the fender liner? I hit both. So I cut the side part out. For the top, I let the tire wear what was needed.
Steve A.
Steve A.
#10
Race Director
Hitting the top of the fender liner is how low your car is in the rear or how soft your spring(s) are or the liner itself is mounted low. Take some measurements with loaded suspension.
Shock bumpers on both sides?
Shock bumpers on both sides?
#12
Burning Brakes
if you take the upper cover of my c4 left front shock you will find rubber bushings stacked up the shocks shaft to act as a coil binder...shhh see my avitar pic compare the load front and rear
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Have you checked to make sure nothing is broken on the right side? A decade ago there were some weld failures on the C5 rear UCA mounts. Not sure how what kind of symptoms you would get but it is worth it to check the brackets. Here is a picture I copied from an old post 11 years ago.
You might want to check the alignment as it might have changed since it was pulled off the rack. Most alignment guys don't check to see if things are broken or damaged and just adjust to hit the numbers and once they are in the green say they are done. If the right rear tire is wearing more an alignment change would cause that.
Update: I did a search and found a number of threads that referenced the weld issue in the 2002 time period but they reference threads from spring of 2001 which I can't find with search.
Bill
You might want to check the alignment as it might have changed since it was pulled off the rack. Most alignment guys don't check to see if things are broken or damaged and just adjust to hit the numbers and once they are in the green say they are done. If the right rear tire is wearing more an alignment change would cause that.
Update: I did a search and found a number of threads that referenced the weld issue in the 2002 time period but they reference threads from spring of 2001 which I can't find with search.
Bill
Last edited by Bill Dearborn; 05-26-2012 at 11:18 AM.