the_bluester
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Finally stuck new tyres on my wife's 550 on Saturday, and had the alignment checked while I was at it. The car has always drifted slightly to the left (Not enough that I would call it a pull, just a slow movement to the left if you release the wheel)
Naturally given the ute has the eccentric washers at the rear of the lower arms only, it could use a tweak. Right hand camber is OK within spec and caster is roughly within spec. However the left hand side has OK camber, but around a degree less caster. Basically the OK camber and high caster on the right is driving it to the left over the lower camber.
I have had a good read up on here but did not find any threads where people have modified the subframe to fit the locating tabs and to slot the holes to permit the use of eccentric washer bolts at both ends of the arm and open up the possibilities.
Is anyone known to have done it? Otherwise are the subframes all the same dimensionally between all the Spanish built utes? (Petrol V6, YD25 and V9X) If they were it might be feasible to find a Spanish subframe with adjustment at both ends and swap it in.
Naturally given the ute has the eccentric washers at the rear of the lower arms only, it could use a tweak. Right hand camber is OK within spec and caster is roughly within spec. However the left hand side has OK camber, but around a degree less caster. Basically the OK camber and high caster on the right is driving it to the left over the lower camber.
I have had a good read up on here but did not find any threads where people have modified the subframe to fit the locating tabs and to slot the holes to permit the use of eccentric washer bolts at both ends of the arm and open up the possibilities.
Is anyone known to have done it? Otherwise are the subframes all the same dimensionally between all the Spanish built utes? (Petrol V6, YD25 and V9X) If they were it might be feasible to find a Spanish subframe with adjustment at both ends and swap it in.