Wheelbase difference (pull to left)

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tomlebatisseur
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Your car is a: Fiat 124 spider 2000 from 1980.
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Wheelbase difference (pull to left)

Post by tomlebatisseur »

I have a wheelbase difference
I have 2.80m left and 2.785 right.

So, she pull to left. and especially when braking.
She must have had an accident, despite the fact that we do not see anything weird.

According to a garage, it would move some mm the crossmember.Mais the garage tells me it's dangerous, he does not want to do.

But for me it's the only way to ride straight.

What do you think?

Vincent
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Re: Wheelbase difference (pull to left)

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Is this being checked wheel center cap to wheel center cap? If so, check from lower control arm mounting bolts to lower trailing arm mounting bolts. Maybe a control arm or trailing arm is bent.

Is the caster the same on both sides? Drastic difference in caster might result in the difference you are seeing.
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tomlebatisseur
Posts: 21
Joined: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:32 am
Your car is a: Fiat 124 spider 2000 from 1980.
Location: Jandrain Belgium.

Re: Wheelbase difference (pull to left)

Post by tomlebatisseur »

Thanks, good idea, il will check.

Geometry has been check by a specialist, and he has found a big difference in the caster Angle.
All the other point are +- correct; parralelism, camber.

Thanks.
Vincent.
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