[s-cars] subframe alignment

[Konstantine Bogach]

Fred, 

Thanks for the idea for moving bracket  for sway bar bushing.  I will 
try it. 
 From other hand,  I can not imagine what kind of bending could happen 
which created shortage of 1cm and still let bushings be installed in not 
obviously crooked way.   Not that I have much experience,  just thoughts 
from looking at the geometry of the front end.   By the way,  all new 
bushings are installed a week ago.  Except subframe's front bushings and 
rear mounts.  Old outer control arm bushings  were not worn on one side 
or distorted.  I think that sway bar can be bent only if control arm 
bushings are worn, either inner or outer.  Otherwise it must bent 
control arm as well.   In other words,  I think,  sway bar can be bent 
only in extent the bushings let it move.  In this case bushing should 
bear some kind of sign of it.   But inner control arm bushing was almost 
perfect (was replaced anyway),  outer was shot but did not have any 
asymetrical wear or distortion.
It jsut came to me that  records show that PO replaced driver side 
control arm a year befor I bought the car... Could've been that there 
were some issues.

Thanks again,
Kontantine.

Fred Munro wrote:

>Konstantine;
>
>Also check your front swaybar and swaybar mounting bushings. The swaybar
>locates the front wheels in the fore and aft plane. I pulled my right wheel
>forward enough to increase the caster by .7 degrees by replacing the bar
>mounts and pulling the right mount forward before bolting it up. If the
>right mount is shot or the right side of the bar is bent it will move your
>right wheel back.
>
>HTH
>
>Fred Munro
>'94 S4
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Konstantine Bogach
>Sent: January 11, 2005 9:58 AM
>To: Kent McLean
>Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] subframe alignment
>
>
>That is unknown to me.  PO did not say anything.   I also thought about
>it and looked for body measurement points but could not find anything in
>the Bentley CD.  Anybody knows where I can get info on how to check the
>body straigtness?  Probably, there is a generic method of  how to do it
>on any car.  But how and what are the tolerances?
>
>Thanks.
>Konstantin.
>
>Kent McLean wrote:
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>>"Konstantine Bogach" <kbogach at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>I found that driver side wheel is ~10mm  closer to the mud
>>>flap than passenger side wheel.
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Has the car ever been in an accident?  It's possible the car
>>was whacked in the driver's side front, and the body shop
>>didn't repair it properly.
>>
>>--
>>Kent McLean
>>'94 100 S Avant
>>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" is no more
>>
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