Hi everyone im new here, recently purchased a 94 GT wich appeared to be in good condition , well it is not , the drivetrain is in perfect shape but the front suspension problem is killing me, the car had been in a front end crash and it appears that the frame on the driver side got pushed back half an inch along with kmember and all, if u look at the car from outside u cant tell at all, its amazing cuz the car drives straight and it does not drift to the side like those cargo vans u see on the road. Problem is since the Kmember got pushed back a bit on that side the wheel also is pushed back , so on the good side my wheel is centered but on the crashed side the wheel is back by about half an inch, i was looking at the underside of the car were the control arm bolts to the k member and i saw what appears to be adjustable washers on the bolts, like the ones used in Trucks to adjust caster and toe via the control arm bolt. The washers are soldered in place with two tack welds wich mean they can be reajusted to another position, what im thinking of doing is adjusting the control arm forward a bit just enought to get the wheel to the same distance from the back wheel as the good side of the car, i know this seems crazy but i have no other option or money to buy another car so i have to do it one way or another if the bolt can not be adjusted im just gonna elongate the hole on the kmember to be able to adjust the control arm to where i want it, would like to know what ur guys opinion is on this i dont have loads of cash sitting around to able to afford a better mustang so i got no other option but to keep this one, only paid 2500 so what the hell.
Front suspension problem.
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CC'S95GT
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welcome to the site.
You need to fix it right. And that means taking it to have the frame straightened.
If you move the washers around to center the wheel in the wheelwell then your going to lose your caster setting on your alignment. And that meansthe steering wheel will not come back to center automatically after you make a turn.
As long as it drives straight and not wearing out the tires let it go till you have the $.
You need to fix it right. And that means taking it to have the frame straightened.
If you move the washers around to center the wheel in the wheelwell then your going to lose your caster setting on your alignment. And that meansthe steering wheel will not come back to center automatically after you make a turn.
As long as it drives straight and not wearing out the tires let it go till you have the $.
The car already has bad alignment so thats not a problem for me, it also had really bad negative camber wich i fixed with adjusters and the strut plates , u can see that one the wheel that the crash is in u can see the angle of the strut is less than that of the good side so i got different Caster on the bad side , by doing what im saying i will bring the caster back or close enought to spec to have both wheels in the center. Right now im not think of buying or selling the car so ill just fix it how i can, i took it to a bodyshop to get the frame look at and the guy said that its not worth it cuz the car is just too old and it would just cost me as much to buy another car.CC'S95GT said:
Im going to take some pics from the front to back of both sides so u can see how the front wheels are sitting. I still need to take this car for an alignment so for now the camber is better but not done, i just eyeballed the adjustment until i saw that the tires were standing straight, hey its much better than it used to be, that thing has more negative camber than a racecar.
So let me ask you this, what is required for those people to fix my frame, is the entire drivetrain with kmember and all has to be pulled out of the chassi, just thinking about the labor it would take for that it sounds like it would cost a lot, im going to try and do my thing, if it does not work out then ill leave it like that and just put some nicer wheels on the car , lower it a bit and drive it till i get bored of it.
2slo95fiveoh
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Pulling or straightening the frame doesn't involve the removal of the drivetrain (in most cases). The Frame tech will basically hook up a
series of strong hooks and chains to the frame and using hydrolic force, pull the cars frame or subframe back to factory settings. From
what you are saying, it sounds like the previous owner was a real piece of crap. Its one thing to know the vehicle was in a collision and not
tell the buyer, it's another to cover it up with some thrown-together bs. :angry7:
series of strong hooks and chains to the frame and using hydrolic force, pull the cars frame or subframe back to factory settings. From
what you are saying, it sounds like the previous owner was a real piece of crap. Its one thing to know the vehicle was in a collision and not
tell the buyer, it's another to cover it up with some thrown-together bs. :angry7:
Im not gonna bother with the frame thing, hey the car drives straight and it does not drift to the sides or anything, just going to keep it as is and maybe put some nicer wheels on it , im thinking Cobra R replicas and maybe lower it a bit and drive the shit out of this car until i get sick of it.
CC'S95GT
Post Whore
keep a real close eye on tire wear. Especially the inner shoulder of the tire.
Both front tires are already worn on the inside, but its not that bad cuz the rest of the tire looks brand new, also the camber is mostly fixed, i just need to take it to a shop so i can get it dialed in for toe and camber but mostly toe cuz atm is horribly out of center.
