What is causing caster angles to move excessively (archive)

Just this morning, after backing my car out of the garage, I noticed that the driver's side front tire was perfectly on center with the cutout perimeter of the wheel arches. The norm has always been the wheel positioned very close to the front-back of the inner fenderwell such that the forward circumference of the tire is about 1/4" away from rubbing against the front of the fenderwell while the rear circumference of the tire is about 3" away from rubbing against the rear of the fenderwell. So upon inspectionof this driver's side tire/wheel, that distance is now about 1-1/2" away from rubbing against the front fenderwell and 1-1/2" away from rubbing agains the rear fenderwell.

I go and look at the other side, but this side remained like it had always been, about 1/4" away from rubbing on the front fenderwell. So this leads me to believe that I've got some movement either with the sway bars or with the lower control arms.

Now the lower control arms are new, and the sway bar end bushings are new, as well as the uclamp end bushings. So I'm stumped as to what is causing any movement. Any ideas ?

Other than that, there's no shimmy...

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Re: What is causing caster angles to move excessiv Noel 04:34 5/05/2001 (1)
- Re: preloading w/ washer.... DHoang 08:33 5/05/2001 (0)

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