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harry

harry

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I was going to take my RS out of hibernation. I remember I had struggled a little to mount the nearside wheel with the wheel not seating square on/flat against the brake disc initially. On reversing out, I heard a nasty grating sound. As it turned out the rim of the wheel was scraping the spring and a length of inner rim's paint has come off the wheel rim. It appears that the upper lip of the rim is hitting the spring when attempting to mount the wheel. What does this all mean? I don't recall hitting anything/kerb. Anything I can check?
 
Hi Harry, would this be the front or rear wheel? would check the rear control arms and rubber mounts located around the drive shaft, and perhaps the front axle wheel carrier, control arm and tie rods, sounds like excessive wear or failure of a rubber mount somewhere causing excessive camber
causing the wheel to interfere with the spring, sure someone more knowledgeable like Paul Howells will be able to pinpoint the problem immediately, good luck anyway.
 
Its the front. There is nothing loose just moving things around - I wondered if it was excessive camber but how? I didn't hit anything nor nudge a kerb. How would you adjust the camber?
 
Is the strut loose?

If you jack the car up, does it move about, or is there play from the top mount.

It sounds like you stored the car without wheels?

Was it on blocks, ale stands or jacks....I hope you haven't jacked the car on the suspension rather than body work?
 
So Paul,

If you store the car w/o wheels on is that a problem? I would have thought it wouldn't be and why the only one as the other side also had its wheel off for a while. Nothing seems loose, I took off the the cover plate for the front axle and again nothing seems to be loose. I guess if something is bent it may not be loose but again no overt signs of major force to cause suspension components to bend. The only thing I remember was going over a rather aggressive speed hump but again only minor scrapes to the spoiler is about the only thing I can see as no major shiny surface is noted on the A-arm and the plastic fin on the suspension is not mangled so I can't see that the speed hump would have caused the suspension to shift so much?
 
How did you leave the car raised for storage without the wheels on ?
Did you leave it supported under the suspension or under the bodywork ?
 
Harry,

Storing with wheels off is not a problem. As you say you were supported under the jacking points.

I have left mine with axle stands under the bodywork which doesn't load the suspension.

I was just considering of you had left one side jacked up under the suspension, could cause an imbalance before things settle back down.

Also without load, I wondered of anything appeared lose, struts,top mounts...apparently not?

As Sam say's, is it level on flat ground?

Have you measured both sides with a tape measure to see if anything appears out, distances from the body to the wheel and ground in various directions...then maybe measure distances from wishbone/body mount to hub?

next step is photo's, but that may not be too easy to spot.

I would suggest an Italian tune up after it has sat around for a while, but that may not be ideal under the circumstances! [:-]
 
There was a simple answer to all this and one of the chaps on Rennlist mentioned offset, then it tweaked that the front wheel was f-ing heavy [:mad:].
You now know the answer [:D]. What a bloody plonker [&:]! Never done it before over the past several years of owning the car. Now I have to deal with the paint on the rim which will be temporary until I get the rims refurbished at some point.
 
Surely you didn't try to fit a 10" Speedline on the front????

Normally you can adjust the geometry, rather than fit the 8's on the back if you want more oversteer! [:D]

Glad you sorted it at minimal expense.
 

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Surely you didn't try to fit a 10" Speedline on the front????

Normally you can adjust the geometry, rather than fit the 8's on the back if you want more oversteer! [:D]

Glad you sorted it at minimal expense.
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I almost succeeded [;)]
 
oh dear,most have done it at some point!
I always rotate a wheel fully before putting back on the ground,at least it was nothing more serious than may be the owner with a bad hangover[:D]
 
Paul,

Rotating the wheel before putting it on the ground sounds like a very good idea. Unfortunately, I cannot blame a bad hangover for the numpty mistake [:D]
 
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