Left Front wheel to forward
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Left Front wheel to forward
I'm preparing my 76 for a paint job and noticed the left front wheel is more forward then the right wheel. It is close to the body, does hit . Is this just an alignment issue? The car hasn't been used for 10 years I'm so close to getting it on the road since the paint will be done in a couple of weeks.
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I'm preparing my 76 for a paint job and noticed the left front wheel is more forward then the right wheel. It is close to the body, does hit . Is this just an alignment issue? The car hasn't been used for 10 years I'm so close to getting it on the road since the paint will be done in a couple of weeks.
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Start by measuring the wheel base. Has it ever been hit? If you look under the front fenders and nose & see if the bonding strips look different than the ones in the back of the car.
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It could be possible that the body on one side is closer to the tire (and not the tire closer to the body). Measuring axle nut to axle nut will help rule this out or in.
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No accidents for sure. I replaced lower and upper control arm bushings. Upper arms have the alignment shims and I put them back same way they came out. I noticed left side lower has no alignment shims at all, this is the side more forward. Right side only has 1 alignment shim. I have to get the alignment done anyway so I will see what happens.
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Measure the distance from left to right where the upper a-arm cross shafts are on the frame. You will need to measure just forward of the front alignment stud. 26-3/8 is the magic number your looking for.
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Front suspension is designed such that all the caater/camber adjustment is done by shimming the upper control arms only. Increasing or decrease number of shims equally front and rear to change camber, add front and subtract rear shims to reduce caster, vice versa to increase. Reducing caster will increase wheelbase slightly while inreasaing will have the opposite effect. If your front tires are not muy gigante and they're coming close to the bodywork something somewhere must be out of whack...frame bent, bad bodywork or the like.Some comparative measurements should probably be in order...
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