What could be causing this?
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What could be causing this?
My front driverside wheel is not centered in the wheel well. It sits about 2 inches closer to the front of the car then it should. All 3 of the other wheels are dead center on the car. The car has never been in an accident and drives wonderfully. Tracks straight, smooth, and tirewear is even on that tire. Its just really ticking me off to have to look at the wheel like that. What could be causing this?
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
do you know if that wheel bearing has been replaced or anything? is the suspension still stock? That does sound weird
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Re: What could be causing this? (vader86)
Suspension is stock. This would not be caused by a wheel bearing problem and are in excellent condition. Tire does not move around inside the wheel well as it moves. It is a constant 2 inches forward from center.
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
I´ve seen this before, checkout http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=223466
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Re: What could be causing this? (tapper)
No, that is not what im talking about.
If you were to look at my car from the side, looking straight on at the drivers side of the car, the front drivers side wheel is further forward inside the wheel well then the other 3 wheels. It is closer to the front bumper then it should be.
Imagine you are looking straight on at the side of my car: (o) are tires
____/ .......... \____
|(o) |_______| (o) |
see, the front wheel is up against the front of the wheel well whereas the other three wheels are centered in the wheel well.
[Modified by IcemanZ06, 2:33 PM 3/8/2002]
If you were to look at my car from the side, looking straight on at the drivers side of the car, the front drivers side wheel is further forward inside the wheel well then the other 3 wheels. It is closer to the front bumper then it should be.
Imagine you are looking straight on at the side of my car: (o) are tires
____/ .......... \____
|(o) |_______| (o) |
see, the front wheel is up against the front of the wheel well whereas the other three wheels are centered in the wheel well.
[Modified by IcemanZ06, 2:33 PM 3/8/2002]
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
Either the knuckle is incorrect or some other suspension piece in bent/incorrect......This is only a guess. Strange.....then again, it could just be the factory built it a little off. :confused:
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Re: What could be causing this? (Goody)
could just be the factory built it a little off. :confused:
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
Are you sure the car has never been hit ?I bought a Z once and the person swore up and down the car was never in an accident. I later found out that the car was in an accident to the tune of $ 4,000 repairs. I say this because I also noticed the one tire was more forward than the other side.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
This is a long shot but check the alignment of all the inner wheel well panels and the bumber and gill panels,, these parts can be moved around when loosened.. i guess if your wheel is off center as opposed to the hood then this is not the problem, but it is worth a try
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Re: What could be causing this? (neekos)
Car fax came clean on the car and my grandfather was the previous owner since 1999. Im sure sometime over the last 3 years someone would have noticed it was in an accident from before my grandfather owned it.
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
Lucky you! If you figure out how this happened let us know. You will get a better roll out at the drag strip. It could be worth a few hundreths in the 1/4, maybe more.
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Re: What could be causing this? (Ruby6spd)
This is a long shot but check the alignment of all the inner wheel well panels and the bumber and gill panels,, these parts can be moved around when loosened.. i guess if your wheel is off center as opposed to the hood then this is not the problem, but it is worth a try
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
Measure center of wheel to center of wheel on both sides of the car. This ought to give you a pretty good idea if it's in the chassis or body. You probably want to correct either, but knowing WHAT to fix would be a good starting point. I was only half kidding, above. NHRA allows a 2" variation in the wheelbase from side to side. But if yours isn't intentional, you'll want to look into it. Good Luck.
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Re: What could be causing this? (CFI-EFI)
Measure center of wheel to center of wheel on both sides of the car. This ought to give you a pretty good idea if it's in the chassis or body. You probably want to correct either, but knowing WHAT to fix would be a good starting point. I was only half kidding, above. NHRA allows a 2" variation in the wheelbase from side to side. But if yours isn't intentional, you'll want to look into it. Good Luck.
Seriously though, i just went outside and measured a few things. First off, my tierods should have the same number of threads right? My passenger side tire has 11 threads visible, and my drivers side has 6 threads visible. Could this be the problem? I knew I probably needed an alignment to fix the wear on my front passenger side tire but I never knew this problem could be tied to it as well. SO what do you think?
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Re: What could be causing this? (IcemanZ06)
If you want an educated guess, your car has been hit..just because the carfax is clean really doesn't mean much.....ie: the car was in an accident with a fixed object and no one else was involved nor was someone else's property damaged. (like a tree)......no collision report made or required, therefore, clean car fax.....the owner paying for his own damage. There is no paper trail and this would not show up anywhere, except in the quality of the repair and that kinda sounds like what you've got. Just a guess tho. :confused: