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front struts - camber/caster 700

posted by  someone claiming to be daylan on  Thu Oct 30 01:05 CST 2003 [RELATED]

I am planning to take a look at the front strut mount positions at a shop this weekend once some other work is done.

The left strut seems to be seated in a different position than the right strut. As follows :
- the large nuts on top of the strut mounts are not in the same position with respect to the hole in the frame where they are bolted


- the left strut seems to be pinned to the back of the housing while the right strut is more forward.
-as though I would have less caster on the right side

- it also appears that the left strut is more towards the outside of the car
- it appears that I have less camber on the left side (0deg) by visual

- the car has always pulled a little to the right since I bought it 8 months ago

Should the mounts be in the same position, or could these have been set this way during an alignement to correct something else?

There appear to be 2 sets of mounting holes on the top of the strut mount. Could the other combination work for me on the one side?

What is the correct bias for the large nut with respect to the hole? Near the front, center, back , outside or inside?

Thanks





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