I have noticed that my front drivers side wheel is rubbing on the splash guard? when turning. That bad that its put a hole in it and I think started to rub on the water washer reservoir. This happened with my original tyres on and its now even worse with my 17's running a 45 profile.

 

Any ideas?

My left wheel is close but not touching.

 

I have tried pushing the washer bottle forward through the quiet large hole thats there but it doesnt seem to want to move so is not loose.

check your tension rod bushes, are they the original ones which may leak?

 

Vijay

ummm, how do I check them - what do they look like :)

They are the bars running forwards from the lower wishbones - they go onto a bracket on the radiator support brace on either side. Have a look at the big round bushes - do they appear to be leaking goo??? Thats probably the cause ;)

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

thats something my local mechanics could have a look at - are they easy to replace if they have gone?

OR should I take it to get them replaced to any local mechanic or a specialist zed mechanic.

oops - my english in that last statement is shocking, but you get my drift.

Andy, your gonna have to move down to Sheffield mate

Andy, your gonna have to move down to Sheffield mate

 

 

Nah, lets use club subs to buy him a caravan. Then he can tour the country fixing our Z's!! :hyper: :hyper: ;)

Im up for that

I'll even shout ya a pint after youve fixed me motor

does anyone know how much tension rod bushes are?

do I rpelace both sides or if only one side is leaking can I just replace that side?

LOL :D I aint no trailer park kid y'know :D:D:D

 

You can get energy suspension poly bushes from luke at the Z centre ;)

 

About £55ish

 

HTH

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Can I replace singularly then mate or do I need to replace both sides?

Nope they MUST be done together ;)

And then get an alignment done

just took car to a local garage and he said it wasnt leaking :(

Said he didnt really know if that was the one he was looking at though - I described it as best as Mr Duff explained and he said it all looked ok.

he said the wheel was too far forwards though and I need to get it sorted !! :(

Please find attached pics - what bit am I looking at as it all looks ok to me

 

I have included pics of where the wheel is rubbing and what it looks like when steering is straightened

 

If anyone can shed light . . . . . . .

Please find attached pics - what bit am I looking at as it all looks ok to me

 

I have included pics of where the wheel is rubbing and what it looks like when steering is straightened

 

If anyone can shed light . . . . . . .

 

last few

oops - dont know what happened with the black photos but they're all there

I used to get arch rub on one side, fitting the Energy Suspension polyurathane tension bushes as an upgrade cured it, and the old ones looked fine. I think with age the stock ones just compress easier allowing the wheel to sit further forward.

 

Stock ones dont contain any fluid to leak anyway do they??

The second pic from the left on your bottom set of pics is your tension rod and bush, theres obviously one on each side of the car.

 

Pete

Is it something I can do, do I just jack up car and unbolt that bolt - slide new bush on and bolt back up?

A press is needed to remove the old one and fit the new one, and you need some pretty beefy tools to tighten it up to the required tightness.

 

So I guess it depends if you've got the tools etc.

 

JD did mine :D

nope, so Im now looking for someone close to sheffield who can lend a hand :)

either that or im taking it down to ******** for jeff to look at

hmmm, they've already been replaced.

any other ideas?

Tension arm doesnt look bent or owt does it?

Very strange! Those rods look fine to me! Need to see it really to make any suggestions :(