Rim scraping on the control arm

racer_inboston · Apr 12, 2004

After lowering the vehicle with H&R's it handles very nice looks great but...I noticed that only when turning my steering wheel sharp to the left and moving slowly like on a 3 point turn, the rim scrapes on th econtrol arm, I actually took the rim off to locate the scraping and the whole inside of the rim has a slight metal scrape with sharp metal pieces stickin gout from the harsh scraping....Any help maybe opinions on spacers or such would be apreciated, also I will be running 245 front and 275 rears, but the rubber isn't whats scraping, the metal lip of the rim is..
tks

bmorrisj · Apr 12, 2004

are the wheels tilted in since you lowered it...you may need caster/camber plates to adjust wheel camber... or your front wheels are too wide for the ride height you have...

racer_inboston · Apr 13, 2004

Bmorrisj: tks for your responce. Well I'm running the 96 cobra wheel replicas that AFSwheels.com stopped manufacturing, they are 4 lug, and i think they are 8" rims coulod be 7 1/2. and yes I need to put the cc plates that i purchased, just waiting to get my struts so i can do it all at once. the wheels tilt in just a lil bit not bad at all.

ALMOST STOCK · Apr 13, 2004

Just install Travel Restrictors in the steering rack and that should solve your problem
The Part # at Ford is N804842-S Washer

Gravel · Apr 13, 2004

Have not heard of that one before...
Have you had the alignment done? If you had excessive toe issues it can change the limit of the travel.. Do you have enough room for a small spacer like around 5mm or so?

racer_inboston · Apr 13, 2004

Yes I did my alignment, but still scrapes, and no no room for spacers specially when i install my new cc plates after i pu tin the new struts...so where do i purchase this steering limiter N804842-S Washer...
how many do i need?
tks guys

Ranchero5.0 · Apr 13, 2004

I usually hit the junk yard and pop them off cars. Cut the boots on the rack and pop the C shaped spacer off that limits how far the tie rod can go into the rack. I have two on the '93 because the tire was rubbing the inner fender. Car turns like a truck now though...

Jamie

04sleeper · Apr 13, 2004

goto here http://secure.50resto.com/product1.cfm?SID=1&Product_ID=2555&Category_ID=627

fox3streetracer · Apr 13, 2004

i just bought a package from ford dealership $5.50 4 spacers included.

racer_inboston · Jan 18, 2006

alignment done, cc plates installed, steerinc wheel c plate/spacers installed, no rubbing ...problem fixed.

thank you all!

Euphoric306 · Jan 18, 2006

never heard of that happening on 8" wheels though, what springs are you running?

Msandhu · Aug 27, 2020

Same thing is happening to my 2004 gt. Was working perfectly fine after putting the rims on but is now scraping on the inside. Only on the driver front wheel.Noise gets louder as I brake or go over bumps

Mustang5L5 · Aug 29, 2020

If it fit before and only now starting to scrap, inspect your balljoint. If it’s loosening up it can shift and cause a misalignment of the spindle to control arm and cause rub

KRUISR · Aug 31, 2020

A pic from this perspective can help diagnose..

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