93Cobra#2771
06-10-2005, 01:24 PM
Long story short - got some new rims with less than optimal backspacing (they are meant for standard 5.0, not 93 Cobras). Anyhow, I bolt said rims on without tires to see what I'm going to have to do to fit the rims.
I look at passenger side, wheel sticks out .25" past fenderwell. Then I look at driverside - it is tucked in almost perfectly. I take some measurements, and it looks like the rearend is shifter to the passenger side by about 7/8".
OK, history of the car - it has been wrecked, but not badly. All body panels are OEM. Car wasn't put on frame machine before fixing this last time (prob. should have though). When I got car, it had gone through a ditch and a barb wire fence. Pretty much all cosmetic damage. Rad. support is still original, as are all ground effects. I did discover, however, that the DS strut tower was "ballooned" at the top - enough so that my CC would not bolt down. I fixed that with a 2x4 and a small sledge. Alignment was not an issue, although it was prior to the CC plates (left front of car sits lower than right front by 1/2" or so). Bottom of radiator support is also tweaked a little bit as well. I'm reasonably sure the DS strut was replaced as well.
DS lower control arm mounting point (torque box) appears to be bent up some. I'm unsure if it has actually shifted any or not. From what I can tell, the attachment point haven't been moved, just more cosmetic damage.
My questions:
1. If torque box is out of whack, can it shift the rearend over?
2. How can I determine if it is out of whack, besides using a frame machine?
3. I know upper control arms center the axle, but they look fine. Can the axle still be moved with a change in torque box on only one side?
4. If a lower control arm is bent, can it cause the axle shift?
5. If one LC arm is bent, wouldn't the other be bent too?
The LC arm bushing on the DS looks to be bulging on one side, and I have been hearing a "knocking" sound back in that general vacinity, if that helps.
I look at passenger side, wheel sticks out .25" past fenderwell. Then I look at driverside - it is tucked in almost perfectly. I take some measurements, and it looks like the rearend is shifter to the passenger side by about 7/8".
OK, history of the car - it has been wrecked, but not badly. All body panels are OEM. Car wasn't put on frame machine before fixing this last time (prob. should have though). When I got car, it had gone through a ditch and a barb wire fence. Pretty much all cosmetic damage. Rad. support is still original, as are all ground effects. I did discover, however, that the DS strut tower was "ballooned" at the top - enough so that my CC would not bolt down. I fixed that with a 2x4 and a small sledge. Alignment was not an issue, although it was prior to the CC plates (left front of car sits lower than right front by 1/2" or so). Bottom of radiator support is also tweaked a little bit as well. I'm reasonably sure the DS strut was replaced as well.
DS lower control arm mounting point (torque box) appears to be bent up some. I'm unsure if it has actually shifted any or not. From what I can tell, the attachment point haven't been moved, just more cosmetic damage.
My questions:
1. If torque box is out of whack, can it shift the rearend over?
2. How can I determine if it is out of whack, besides using a frame machine?
3. I know upper control arms center the axle, but they look fine. Can the axle still be moved with a change in torque box on only one side?
4. If a lower control arm is bent, can it cause the axle shift?
5. If one LC arm is bent, wouldn't the other be bent too?
The LC arm bushing on the DS looks to be bulging on one side, and I have been hearing a "knocking" sound back in that general vacinity, if that helps.