Front wheels scrap on a complete turn

Cobra1894

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The inside of my rim is rubbing against my control arm and I am not sure what is casuing this. Bad ball joints? It only happens when I turn completely to one side. ANYONE?

 

HISSIN50

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stock rims? lowered? CC plates?

have you jacked it up and put it on jack stands and checked it out? tie rods, ball joints, etc all ok?

good luck.

 

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Sometimes when you alter the stock suspension it could cause these issues.
Check to see if everything is ok and proper working order first.

If everything seems to be in check then you could add steering rack limiters to your rack and stop the rubbing. They look like this.

and you can get them Here .

 

The Shape

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I took my car to a front end shop two weeks ago for the same sort of problem. In my case my right front tire was rubbing when I cut my wheels all of the way to the right. The guy at the shop said my front end was tight as a drum (it should be I replaced my tie rod ends and all bushings last year). He said my problem was just that my rack had some wear and a little bit of play in it.

 

HISSIN50

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89, interesting about the rack limiters. where do you attach them on the rack? TS, sounds like those could help you, maybe.

 

The Shape

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HISSIN50 said:

89, interesting about the rack limiters. where do you attach them on the rack? TS, sounds like those could help you, maybe.

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In my case my wheels have to be turned to the point that the P/S pump is screaming ( which I know is hard on the pump) for it to happen. I just noticed it one day attemting to get out of tight parking spot and then of course I had to re-create it a few times to make sure of what I heard. Then being obbsesive I took it to the shop. The guy who runs the shop I have known forever and has been doing front end work alot longer than I have been alive told me and I quote "everything else on the front end is tight and the rack ain't leaking, so don't turn your wheels that far and you will be fine. Besides it is hard on your damn power steering pump"

 

HISSIN50

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The Shape said:

Then being obbsesive I took it to the shop.

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actually your thinking about it a lot was obsessive; when you took it to the shop, that was compulsive. (from a fellow sufferer).

it sounds like one of those things like when the patient says it hurts when he hits his toe with a hammer and wants to know a cure..........

thanks for the info though (i remember your thread on it and wondered how it all turned out).

 

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HISSIN50 said:

actually your thinking about it a lot was obsessive; when you took it to the shop, that was compulsive. (from a fellow sufferer).

it sounds like one of those things like when the patient says it hurts when he hits his toe with a hammer and wants to know a cure..........

thanks for the info though (i remember your thread on it and wondered how it all turned out).

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LOL yep I am definenlty OC about my car

 

OL' WHITEY

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89, interesting about the rack limiters. where do you attach them on the rack? TS, sounds like those could help you, maybe.

All you do is take the bellows (accordion-looking rubber thingys) off the rack, trun the wheel to one side, push the plastic rack limiter clip on. Turn the wheel the other way, put the clip on the other side, reinstall the bellows. No more scrape on tight turns! Ta Da! It's really easy.

 

Cobra1894

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Thanks for the advice. I havent taken a look yet but how do you take the bellows off?

 

OL' WHITEY

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There is a metal crimp band holding the rubber boot (bellows) onto the rack. Jam a small screwdriver under the crimped section of the band and twist to loosen the band. Push the band together at the crimped point with your fingers and it should come unlatched. With the band removed, the bellows will slide off the rack, exposing the greasy rack gear. As I said earlier, just slide your limiter on there. As for reassembly, it's pretty straightforward. Slide the boot back on and reinstall the band. You'll need a band crimp tool to do it right, but you can use a set of dull diagonal cutting pliers (dikes) or needle nose to recrimp the band. You may find that you destroyed the band during disassembly. If so, just use a good quality zip tie and call it a day.