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From the inside, and it should be stamped on the wheel itself.
Sure you can, as long as it's not raining.
It's monsoon season
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Originally Posted by Sneakers O'Toole
You need to stop drifting
That's what I was starting to think happened to the car, with the previous owner. That would kinda surprise me, though, considering he seemed to be a well rounded individual.
You can push a beam to the side like that if you hit a curb just right. Seen it happen. Shocks, bushings are not the issue. Get a alignment and you will know. Toe plates and a laser will also tell you. Shoot, even a couple strings will get you close enough to know if the rear is off. Just take some fishing line attached to two jack stands. get the front and rear of the rear wheel the same distance away from the line and make sure it extends all the way to the front hub. Then measure from the line to the front hub. Key is getting the rear exactly the same front and rear. Also make sure you rear wheels are true and not warped by spinning them and checking for runout.
You can push a beam to the side like that if you hit a curb just right. Seen it happen. Shocks, bushings are not the issue. Get a alignment and you will know. Toe plates and a laser will also tell you. Shoot, even a couple strings will get you close enough to know if the rear is off. Just take some fishing line attached to two jack stands. get the front and rear of the rear wheel the same distance away from the line and make sure it extends all the way to the front hub. Then measure from the line to the front hub. Key is getting the rear exactly the same front and rear. Also make sure you rear wheels are true and not warped by spinning them and checking for runout.
Any ideas on how to fix it, then? The guys at the alignment shop were the ones that pointed it out to me. The fender gap difference between the two rear tires is also different. The driver's side doesn't have as much gap as the passenger side.
I looked underneath the car and nothing looks even remotely bent, like trailing arms, etc.
You need to replace it. Just take a 4ft level/board/etc and see if there really is a shift. If the rear axle doesn't line up with the front tires then you need to replace the axle. Have you ever had body work? It's possible that the body is just unevenly repaired. When I have seen this happen it's been a matter of inch's off so it's clearly not the body being off at that point. The axle got pushed to the side.
make sure all your bolts are straight.i had a problem one time with a bolt being broke inside of a bushing. i guess the bushing wore out enough on the inside and made the rear end wander to the point that i had to find the problem. after looking over the the entire rear end i found that a bolt wasnt straight. thats was on a 87 nissan p/u. i dont know if a car would have the same problem but it would be worth a shot.
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91 ser: short shifter, sparco shift knob pedals steering wheel, aem WAI, greddy sp catback, timing, agx's, eibach springs, b14 wheels, jvtr header, ground kit
98 se: pop charger, timing, custom 2 1/2" cat back magna flow muffler, exedy stage 1 kit, fidanza flywheel, need a header and a high port intake cam
00 x-terra: 2 1/2" lift, 31s, air lockers, bumper
I'm with Steve on this one. I am going to guess at the mechanism of damage here; The car was in a left-hand turn (therefore compressing the right hand side of the suspension, and bringing the pivoting link into the top area of the eye), and struck something that didn't move easily (curb, jersey barrier, whatever) and the sudden deflection pushed that pivot point into the top left hand side of the eye bracket. If you look closely, there may be a corresponding mark on that bar that passes though the eye. This explains the damage as seen in the pictures, and it appears something else was deformed permanently. Does that track?
Not having any experience with the suspension at hand, I can't offer an idea of which component(s) to replace to make it right again.
Darrin
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Sad little 91 NX... recovering nicely!
