Originally Posted By: LotI
Originally Posted By: mcrn
Originally Posted By: LotI
I double checked the specs for your car and there is a camber difference between the left and right. Most likely to account for road crown.
If the car goes straight, all that means is the suspension is keeping the tires pointed in the right direction going down the road. A bent suspension component won't show up until you corner, hit a bump, reverse or other body motions happen.
Thank you very much.....is there any symptoms I can look for?
Bump-steer would be the most common. Darting or wandering would be a condition of toe being out, which yours is not.
If you hit a large dip, the car should jounce evenly. If not, you'll feel it as yaw in the vehicle or a twisting feeling. My thought is that nothing is wrong, just a fluke when the measurements were done.
MINI Coopers are known to compress their upper strut towers if the suspension bottoms hard, it's something you can visually see under the hood...look in your cars' forum to see if there's anything like that going on.
Thank you very much!!
Originally Posted By: mcrn
Originally Posted By: LotI
I double checked the specs for your car and there is a camber difference between the left and right. Most likely to account for road crown.
If the car goes straight, all that means is the suspension is keeping the tires pointed in the right direction going down the road. A bent suspension component won't show up until you corner, hit a bump, reverse or other body motions happen.
Thank you very much.....is there any symptoms I can look for?
Bump-steer would be the most common. Darting or wandering would be a condition of toe being out, which yours is not.
If you hit a large dip, the car should jounce evenly. If not, you'll feel it as yaw in the vehicle or a twisting feeling. My thought is that nothing is wrong, just a fluke when the measurements were done.
MINI Coopers are known to compress their upper strut towers if the suspension bottoms hard, it's something you can visually see under the hood...look in your cars' forum to see if there's anything like that going on.
Thank you very much!!
