So i jacked up the car today so i could get the rotors resurfaced and guess what i noticed, or didnt notice. The right sway bar endlink is missing!!..

I think that this is probably the cause of most of my problems. I went to get an allignment and the tech said he couldnt get negative camber on the right side, and it was maxed out at +.05degrees.

I cant belive he didnt notice that the endlink was missing.

I assume that the endlink is the reason why he couldnt get it into spec.
I was about to look into getting my frame checked or having to replace the lower arm bushings, because i couldnt figure out what was wrong. I know the car had a wreck before i owned it because i can see the right lower arm is not original. But what kind of a moron wouldnt put on the endlink???

 

 

i guess you concur with me that the lack of endlink could lead to allignment problems

 

The swaybar will not affect your alignment. Unfortunately you may have bigger problems The first thing to do is find somebody you trust that would notice the sway bar not connected and have them check the alignment. If they concur that it will not adjust to within specs or exceed them (you should definitely be able to get in excess of -2 degrees) then you have to find out why. Good luck!!

 

I think that there is truth to what you said, but i dont think that the sway bar wouldnt affect allignment. We are talking about 2.5 degrees ( i actually need .7 to be factory spec), which is really a miniscule amount.

Although you may be right, that i do have other problems with my suspension, i cant imagine that the sway bar would not affect the allignment. It is connected to both lower arms, and, when the car is in the normal rest position, there is a fair amount of tension on the sway bar, I think it would not only affect camber on one side, but also caster on both sides if it wasnt connected properly.

 

The swaybar has zero effect on the alignment. There is no tension on it when both tires are on a level surface.

If you can't get any negative camber, you should look at the other suspension components for being damaged (knuckle, upper control arm).

 

ok , i guess i was to eager to believe i had figured out everything

its going into a trusted shop tomorow

 

The alignment shop should able to tell you what was the reason why they are not able to do the alignment spec such as bent suspension arm or subframe moved ....etc. If they tell you they cannot align the car becuase of the end link missing, I am sure that alignment shop don't know what they are doing.

 

[QUOTE=l8brakr,May 1 2005, 02:53 PM]The swaybar will not affect your alignment.

 

did you buy your s2k used? if so, sounds like its been wrecked