Wheel Alignment
Wheel Alignment
First off 95 240sx was involved in a curb accident. Replaced lower control arm and tein tie rods with spacer and new tension rod and installed agx/springs. Both sides are identical nothing bent other than tie/contrl arm/endlink snapped. The sway bar endlink is waiting to be replaced. I have to drive it hopefully to the alignment shop, about 25miles away. Everything is installed correctly, except the camber is way off and unbalanced on the car.Pulls to either side / \ I need some tips on getting the alignment anything close to spec driveable as of right now 20mph is the max or the tires start screeching. Also the sway bar wouldn't play a role in getting a alignment right? Just double checking as it only aids in turning.Tommorow I will attempt to get it driveable if not I'll have 2 ask a friend to aaa tow the car...its been almost 4weeks without the car finding parts and waiting for parts to arrive. I'm starting to lose it help! Any adivce/tips would help a lot.
Sway bar has nothing to do with alignment. Even if camber and caster are extremely off, they wouldnt cause tires to screech.
Tires screeching probably means you have WICKED toe (either in or out). Best thing to do without a rack is take a tape measure and measure the distance between the front of the front wheels (with the steering wheel straight ahead) and compare that to the distance from the REAR of the front wheels (make sense??). Turn a tie rod until they are as close to equal as you can get. Bascially you need to the the front wheels more parallel.
Some examples:
/ \ =toe in
\ / =toe out
| | =what you are aiming for
Tires screeching probably means you have WICKED toe (either in or out). Best thing to do without a rack is take a tape measure and measure the distance between the front of the front wheels (with the steering wheel straight ahead) and compare that to the distance from the REAR of the front wheels (make sense??). Turn a tie rod until they are as close to equal as you can get. Bascially you need to the the front wheels more parallel.
Some examples:
/ \ =toe in
\ / =toe out
| | =what you are aiming for
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Re: (JNM240)
good call. now if you were turning and started screeching the tires then camber could be an issue. there really is no front adjustment for camber on a 240 anyhow. something must be bent.
Re: (JNM240)
Thanks for the advice, I got a friend to eyeball the wheel/some cd changer wire..I was out of string!| | Got it going 50mph+ now driveable to shop tommorow for some ecentric bolts/alignment and mount/dismount 2 tires. Thanks..much appreciated