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2010 2011 BMW 5 Series Forum F10 Thrust angle and crabbing. |
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01-25-2019, 03:21 AM | #1 |
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Hello guys.
My car seems to be pulling to the right for the past 6 months. I remember the pulling started to happen when I had to get the car in for a brake service to be done. Then I had to change 3 tires the fourth one was changed 1 month prior. Around last month I started to notice that the car looked bent to the left which freaked me out since I thought The frame was bent too( never had any major accidents). The biggest crash I did was my rear right tire hitting a curb at 5 to 8 mph. So I took the car to the dealer and they did an inspection which resulted in me having to replace both front thrust rod bushes and lower control arms. Then they did a 4 wheel alignment and the pull somehow got reduced a bit but came back a week later. the car still looks bent. I got an appointment with the dealer this week to work out what to do next. Any help would be appreciated. In the pics the car is parked straight. If u look at the left side it doesnt look straight. The thrust angle is measured to be 0.02- would that make the car to crab down the road? EDIT : update Got to the dealer and we came to the conculsion to get a frame/chasis inspection. Gonna update once I get the final report. |
01-26-2019, 08:18 AM | #2 |
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If you are talking about rear tires having different gaps in relation to rear top fenders (one of tire upper side looks more in towards body), it is normal. I thought the same that my car's rear wheel were out of alignment, but according to machine it was straight but visually looking at each side does not look straight.
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02-09-2019, 01:30 PM | #4 |
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Easy enough to check. Swap the left and right front tires and see if the pull follows. The bad tire is the one that pulls; i.e. right pull = right front tire and vice-a-versa.
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02-09-2019, 03:04 PM | #5 | |
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Gonna get myself new tires tmw. |
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