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Old 09-29-2021, 10:32 PM
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Angry Spirited Drive -- Now rear Camber Negative

Alrighty...I went up to the mountains with my maternal side of the family to help spread my grandmother's ashes next to my grandpa's somewhere a several weeks ago. The drive up the mountain has TERRIBLE roads--meaning smooth road with sink-holes completely out of sight. As a result, I hit quite a few rather harshly. Then noticed my steering now pulls more to the right the next day... -_-

Now my rear camber on both axles is noticeably negative. The rear driver side (the one I think I hit the hardest) is the absolute worst negative camber. I can jack up my car on the smooth garage floor and hear the tire adjust quite excessively as the suspension jousts from negative to positive as I jack it up. Then setting it down and rolling it back and forth, it looks like the wheel is about to pop off.


So here's my usual checks I did:

1. Extensively inspected the lower control arm bushings -- both are very tight and appear to not moved since I last had them set -- Just to make sure I took a wrench on it to see if I could get it to shift or move. Nothing. Tight.

2. Attempted to shake the wheel in the air with my hands on the 12-oclock and 6-oclock positions to try and determine if any looseness -- found none

3. I inspected the rear: forward&aft control arm -- joints appears to be tight

4. Looked at the lower ball joint -- I replaced this last year and still looks good.

5. Looked at the integral link...still look good


Question:
Could the rear sub-frame bushings cause a camber issue? I can see extensive cracking of the rubber mount...great.

If something were to bend what could be the culprit? I cant tell if any up of upper control arms bent--they look straight and the rubber bushes look fine.

Could the spring "saddle" break or deteriorate somehow causing it to sit lower? I couldn't find any evidence of this.
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