Wheel rubbing against fender

['77az280z]

Hey guys, my front right wheel is set too far forward (my friend did it when he balanced and aligned my wheels and isnt around for a while) and when i take left turns it rubs against the fender and makes an annoying grinding sound. How can i set the wheel back a few inches? Tips please?

[overdrivex]

the z suspension doesnt work like that. you cant simply adjust how far forward or back the wheel sits. he must have done something else wrong. but your going to need to be more detailed. what size tire is in the front right? what did he do? did he change out bushings? did he remove any control arm parts?

['77az280z]

Tire is 195/75/14 and he balanced and aligned my wheels but when he did that the tire moved too far forward(dunno how) so now it rubs . He added some washers n junk so it would sit right and that was the outcome. I plan on having him just "unfix" my wheel hahahaha but thats not a perfect solution.

[Zs-ondabrain]

The lower control arm mounts to the crossmember via rubber or Urethane bushings. The control arm bushing is an "Offset" bushing and if installed wrong, will place the wheel wrong.

Also, the control arm is stablized by a Torsion rod that mounts to the frame. If he added washers to that, if will push the wheel forward.

On each torsion rod, there should be a large washer -large rubber bushing - then the body hole (attached to the frame) then rubber again and then another large washer, followed by a small washer and a large nut.

The pics below will show how it should sit. The first is of the right side and the second is of the drivers side. The control arms should sit forward in the center crossmember.

Hope that helps,

Dave

['77az280z]

Thanks alot that helped clear some things up^^

[Ttiger]

My money is one the T/C rod (red in the pictures above). That's the easiest way to move your wheel forward or back. With that tire size, he must have moved it a lot! He should not touch that T/C rod when doing an alignment. If you have a stock suspension in the car, the only adjustment is toe-in toe-out. You need a camber kit to make any changes there.

['77az280z]

Thanks tiger, yeah i dunno wtf he did and he still hasnt fixed it. Im tryin to figure it out but im confused as how to do it to be honest .

[twsutt]

Brett,

Can you get under your car and take some pictures of everything? If you can, post pictures of where the control arm attaches to the crossmember, where the compression arm attaches to the body and where the compression arm attaches to the control arm near the wheel.

Some good pictures showing how it should go together can be found at:

http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/suspension/comprod/index.html

*note that there are some pictures showing some shims - if this is where your friend put washers then this would be the first place to start in fixing your problem.

Edited April 21, 2009 by twsutt
added note.

[John Coffey]

He should not touch that T/C rod when doing an alignment.

Not true. The TC rod length affects caster and its common to use one or two precision ground washers to get caster equal side to side.

Also, be aware that the right front wheel on a LHD S30 is slightly further forward then the left front wheel. That's designed in by Nissan.

Edited April 21, 2009 by John Coffey

[sblake01]

John, I think the comment referred to the individual that did the work on this particular car rather than someone who actually knows what they're doing.........

['77az280z]

Ok guys ill be sure to get some pics soon, prolly later today after i get off of work and can crawl under my car. I appreciate all the help guys^^

[260zshooter]

Tire is 195/75/14 and he balanced and aligned my wheels but when he did that the tire moved too far forward(dunno how) so now it rubs . He added some washers n junk so it would sit right and that was the outcome. I plan on having him just "unfix" my wheel hahahaha but thats not a perfect solution.

Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldn't the stock tire be 195/70/R14. You may have the wrong size tire on the car.