Suspension and Chassis Questions about your suspension? Need chassis advice?

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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 04:57 PM
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Here are some pics of my car right now, got cut off on freeway anyways. When i try driving my car it seems as though one wheel goes one way and the other one goes the other way. I noticed one of the suspensions pieces is rubbing against the lower radiator hose. I checked the tie rods and the don't seem to be bent. Anyone know what it could be. Need to get this car back on the road, its my daily driver.
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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Tie rods.
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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the tie rods don't actually look bent, i checked the drivers side and appeared to be straight. do the tie rods appear to be straight but could be bent? or anything else to look at.
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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ok i noticed there was alot of movement in the passenger side tie rod does that mean it is bent?
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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It could be, also check the bushings etc. How old is the assembly?
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 02:01 PM
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here are some new pics of the car. the tie rods seem to be fine but i cant seem to figure this out. the passenger wheel is going straight and the driverside wheel is going another direction. this confusing me. could it be the steering box. all the front suspension is orignal except for the shocks.





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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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Would be better if we could get a picture of the steering and suspension components. Use the same angle like you did on those pics but get the front end of the car up on jackstands and put the Camera closer to the car, lower to the ground, and angling up.

What was the result of being cut off? Did the car go into a wall? Jump a curb? From reading what you've said so far I think the balljoints might be shot. But not really sure, could also be a mismatched alignment left/right. Give us more info/pics and I'm sure we can help.
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 03:11 PM
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well i found out that i ended up bending the driverside spindle, and the car just needs to be alighned.
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