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Fed up of broken lower arm bushes!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Insured By Mafia" data-source="post: 720281" data-attributes="member: 25747"><p>Folks, here is the update;</p><p> </p><p>During the root cause analysis, 2 major things were discovered.</p><p>1) lower front subframe missing. (item 3)</p><p> - I've been visiting numerous workshops over the years, but nobody have alerted me that the subframe is missing. God knows how all the mechanics missed.</p><p><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/SB330D/ODcyMjFfcA.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>2) cross member bar (the place where lower arm sits) badly dented. Sorry no images of the dent.</p><p> - Believe this is the culprit which have been excessively stressing my bushes.</p><p> - Again, although this is not the 1st time my lower arms were dismantled, none of the mechanics realized the crucial dent.</p><p> Special thanks to Vincent Tay (Exotic Automobile) for pointing these out. Very observant guy..!!</p><p></p><p>Parts replaced;</p><p>1) tie rod assembly</p><p>2) lower arm bush</p><p>3) front right wheel bearing</p><p>4) front cross member bar</p><p>5)lower front subframe.</p><p></p><p>Hope this solves my broken lower arm bushes issue.!!</p><p></p><p>While checking on the steering freeplay issue, steering column found to be not tightly bolted.!!</p><p>No other culprit were found apart from this.</p><p>Ultimately, my steering freeplay issue remains unsolved.</p><p></p><p>After all these were done, went to reset allignment. Another issue arose;</p><p>Seems that my front right camber is set maximum. cant be adjusted anymore.</p><p>went to a few shops, all gave same feedback.</p><p>too obvious the front right wheel tilting inside.</p><p>Screen shows camber setting as below;</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]1228[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Can any of the experienced guys here advice what can be done to reset my camber and fix steering freeplay?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Insured By Mafia, post: 720281, member: 25747"] Folks, here is the update; During the root cause analysis, 2 major things were discovered. 1) lower front subframe missing. (item 3) - I've been visiting numerous workshops over the years, but nobody have alerted me that the subframe is missing. God knows how all the mechanics missed. [IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/SB330D/ODcyMjFfcA.png[/IMG] 2) cross member bar (the place where lower arm sits) badly dented. Sorry no images of the dent. - Believe this is the culprit which have been excessively stressing my bushes. - Again, although this is not the 1st time my lower arms were dismantled, none of the mechanics realized the crucial dent. Special thanks to Vincent Tay (Exotic Automobile) for pointing these out. Very observant guy..!! Parts replaced; 1) tie rod assembly 2) lower arm bush 3) front right wheel bearing 4) front cross member bar 5)lower front subframe. Hope this solves my broken lower arm bushes issue.!! While checking on the steering freeplay issue, steering column found to be not tightly bolted.!! No other culprit were found apart from this. Ultimately, my steering freeplay issue remains unsolved. After all these were done, went to reset allignment. Another issue arose; Seems that my front right camber is set maximum. cant be adjusted anymore. went to a few shops, all gave same feedback. too obvious the front right wheel tilting inside. Screen shows camber setting as below; [ATTACH]1228.IPB[/ATTACH] Can any of the experienced guys here advice what can be done to reset my camber and fix steering freeplay? [/QUOTE]
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