paul22334455

i hit a kerb on the passenger side when we had the a snow now the car pulls pretty bad to the right had alloys replaced cause the were buckled also had wheel bearing and bottom ball joint done on the right hand side and tracked blaanced at specialists but still pulls right helpppppppppp please what could it be

paul22334455

i have aprint out that says i have 2.05 negative camber on the passenger front side is this bad?

paul22334455

going to replace strut as was told that was the weekest part which could have bent also been advised to change hub carrier how much are the having trouble sourcing 1 ?

paul22334455

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phil_focus

that odd reading will certainly be doing something.

check the top mount is ok and the strut. if suspect (which they are) you're better off replacing both.

goo luck, hope that sorts it.

got any pics of the original damage?

paul22334455

here the printout of the values before adjustments not sure what these figures mean are they way way of ford standard settings what wiuld be causing the negative camber do u think hub carrier or strut maybe bent?


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phil_focus

the left block gives the factory figures and tollerances and they were WAY off!

there is still a little toe in on the n/s which could be gotten rid of with more accurate adjustment (assuming the track rod is not bent though that should have been picked up when the tracking was done).

i think the main problem is the camber though which is way off and non adjustible so something is either bent or broken.

i have heard of focus rs hub carriers bending, not sure on the st170 but i guess its a possibility. it will probably be hard to see if its bent unless its cracked.

probably best getting a salvaged strut from a breakers with top mount and swaping it over as thats an easy job and shouldn't cost too much and having the geometry rechecked. if it still isnt right then it must be the hub carrier. cheapest option for that is to get a complete hub/bearing/carrier (also known as knuckle) off ebay or from a breakers. again a simple bolt off, bolt on job but you will need to torke the hub nut upto 316 NM which is REALLY FUCKING TIGHT!!!

good luck sorting it though, well worth getting it fixed!

paul22334455

Thanks for your input bud going to spend the money to get it fixed was a bit disillusioned with it but going to stick with it cheers

Sp3no

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I struggled to find a tourqe wrench that went up to 316NM when i took the knuckles off the front of my ST170 so i did it to 225 (the limit of my torque wrench) then got a breaker bar and did it SFT (super fucking tight)

paul22334455

The car is totally standard do u mean the back can be adjusted with camber etc I thought the guy done that it cost a fortune is It difficult to do the bak end and is the figures for nominal settings correct think I wil take car bak to him

JonathanJ

Just had a quick scan through your printouts , and even though the camber is out a more serious thing would be the caster , if I am reading correctly , one is at a 1 .53" and the other is at 4.05" that means that one has more than twice the other , and people seem to forget the caster is there to give you self centering steering and stability this in many cases causes as many problems as camber , but I have to say this may well be caused by the same component , some careful measurements could be taken to find out where the problem exists .

paul22334455

ok i having been phoning round breakers and cant get some parts can anybody help going to start by replacing the front passenger strut and the hub carrier think thats what its called as hitting the kerb need to eliminate these parts being bent as u can read in the rest of this thread is there a sure fire way of diagnosing these parts being bent could a good mechanic do some sort of test to see?

just found these on ebay would the fit and are these the same thing hub carrier aka knuckles?



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