ok i here goes i did a full rebuild on my series 1 including every bolt nut etc etc my problem which i never noticed till the last minute is

my wheels are sitting at a very strange angle the are towing in

the wheels are sitting out at the top and in at the bottom the passenger side is doing it worse than the drivers side

i bought the car as a bare shell but the boy that had it sent the car into ford and had all the panels changed to a very high spec i have checked my reciepts i had and shows its had both rear quarters changed aswell well on reciept it says panel qtr outer finnis codes 1634721 and 1634722 the rear suspension parts powdercoated

i have swapped parts with either side and does not help any i have also tried the rear tie bars round the other way i even thought it might have been dodgy shocks so i fitted another set aswell to no avail

has anybody else had this problem

any advice would be greatly appreciated

cheers stevie

 

now dont quote me on this but im sure there is some way of adjusting it thru the tie bars.... similar to a track rod end if you like.... like i said im not 100% on it but im pretty sure theres something like that. Hopefully this helps but its the only thing i can think of that would relate to it

 

are the trailiing arms are fitted in the right way fella as they are off set
also with the rear jacked up check to c if thier is any play in the w/b or bushs at all

change the subject do you know where th last owner got the rear wishbone bolts from as fords have discontinued them know

 

weve changed everything on the car and it just doesnt want to know

 

has it got the right bushs in them with the right bolts
are the rear shocks sitting correctly in the cups
are the springs level ie is the car leaning to one side [/img]

 

its alll been poly bushed. the right bolts shocks sit right up. the car sits flat but one whell is leaning more than the other. all i can think of is a twisted chassis

 

have you checked to c if the shocks are stright and not bent
have you checked for play in it
if you measure the centre cap of 1 wheel and the centre cap of the other wheel
and do the same on the other side you can tell if its twisted
also check that the wheel is sitting flush ie
jack it up and spin the wheel and see if it spins true

 

ok well weve tryed 3 diffenrt set last set was brand new no luck there.
one side was 20 cm and the other was 18.5 the good side
theres no play at all
checked the whell have tried differnt whells i just cant make it out its puzzling

 

ok i have worked out the problem not good news i have got the measurments from 2 series 1 escort strut top top strut top which measures 41 and 3 quarters mines measures 42 and 3 quarters so mines is a inch out

i now need advice to rectify the problem

 

sounds like it will need to go on a jig to strighten it up

 

what a fucker

 

you bet espially when 5 or 6 year ago it got sent bsck to ford who replaced nearly every panel youd think that they would no what there doing

 

Asummption is a mother fucker as they say, Ford of all people seem to know the least abou their cars

Well the chimps working in the dealerships anyway