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Geddes6866

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Registered: 27th Sep 10
Location: Errol, Perth and Kinross
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21st Oct 11 at 16:02

hi guys just wondering if anyone has any ideas my rear drivers wheel seems to be rubbing on my suspension and its in alot at the top ? anyone had any problems like this ? snapped beam ? wheel bearing ? .... its a 1.6 tigra but as most of you know they are same as corsa

cheers
Ross

AlexW

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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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21st Oct 11 at 16:06

Visually check the arch, its easy to get down and see. I assume its standard?

Geddes6866

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Registered: 27th Sep 10
Location: Errol, Perth and Kinross
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21st Oct 11 at 16:29

yes its all stardard as far as im aware .. what am i looking for ?

karisma_corsa

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Registered: 19th Nov 06
Location: sleaford, lincs
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21st Oct 11 at 21:06

I had this. part of the rear beam had rotted out close to the stub axle. the weakness caused it to gain excessive negative camber which looked cool but was not safe.

Generation

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Registered: 7th Jul 09
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21st Oct 11 at 21:08

Could be bearing, or snapped beam. Jack it up and have a look.

Ian

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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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21st Oct 11 at 21:11

Get under there and have a look, could be a few things, most of which will be obvious on inspection.

If you can't see corrosion, next thing to check would be bearings and the stub axle which is a bit more work but not to difficult to strip down.

Phoenix Autosport

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Registered: 9th Oct 11
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21st Oct 11 at 22:45

If you cant find anything wrong or broken then it may be an allignment issue, quite often lowered or well laiden cars with rear beam suspension will be slightly out on rear wheel alignment due to the fixed length of the panhard rod that ties the beam to the shell to prevent lateral movement pushing the beam out to one side as the suspension is made lower, this can be rectified by shortening the length of the rod, rally design do a weld in adjuster that can be used on most cars with that setup

Ian

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22nd Oct 11 at 01:42

There is no panhard rod?

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