[Chopz]

Does anyone have any clear cut ways of telling if the front axle is bent?

The swivel hubs arent leaking or weeping but when i look at the passenger side wheel it looks to me like the bottom sits in a tad further?

There is also more wear on the outside edge of the tyre, however the tyres are quite old and down to about 10% and will be needing a new set soon.
Should also mention it drives fine. But if it was bent would there anything noticable when driving?

[royce]

wheel alignment will tell you if your camber is out

[Gwagensteve]

They don't normally bend in at the bottom - normally it's the other way.

Maybe you have shot kingpin bearings or something?

Steve.

[31zook]

king pin's is my guess... and what steve said

[Chopz]

i may be gettin worked up overnothing.

but then the tyre tread had me lil worried...
here is a pic so you can judge yourselves...

[Fatzook]

Just jump it a bit in the dunes. That'll straighten it up

[Chopz]

anyway of telling if its the kingpins without gettin an alignment done??

I dont have the time to take into get an alignment mob as I'm so flat out with work, start early finish late plus I'm planning on getting one in a couple of months once I put the lift in, let it settle then get some new tyres

[royce]

jack up under diff, wobble wheel top and bottom, if it moves theres something wrong

[Chopz]

ok thanks royce,
will give that a go..

[alien]

any strange sounds??? collapsed wheel bearing would do that too - but you'll find you chew out the brakes pretty fast too.

as for a way to check if its out of camber, a real basic test is get a mate on the other side of the car, and between the 2 of you, measure point to point around your rims (from the inside). you should get the same measurement all the way around (near enough).

[Chopz]

nice...thanks alien, i like that one too, i'll give that a go