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My driver's side front wheel hit pothole while it was raining really bad in Houston and it knocked my alignment off.
The steering wheel is about 5 degrees to the left and the vehicle (hand off the steering wheel) leads to the left, however, when the steering wheel is centered the car pulls to the right -- they say its because of caster not within a certain degree.
After many conversations with the dealership, they're blaming a bent subframe.
I did my own visual diag and found the passenger LCA bushing torn.
Thoughts on their diag? Does this sound like a bent or warp subframe? I know the LCA affects caster, but the car doesn't seem to have any noticeable difficult turning problems.
I want to replace the passenger LCA before dropping $$$ on a new subframe. OEM passenger LCA is about $185.
Does anyone know if there is aftermarket, better, LCA out there? I've done some online research and haven't found anything.
Attached are images of the torn LCA bushing and the corresponding witness mark.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
The steering wheel is about 5 degrees to the left and the vehicle (hand off the steering wheel) leads to the left, however, when the steering wheel is centered the car pulls to the right -- they say its because of caster not within a certain degree.
After many conversations with the dealership, they're blaming a bent subframe.
I did my own visual diag and found the passenger LCA bushing torn.
Thoughts on their diag? Does this sound like a bent or warp subframe? I know the LCA affects caster, but the car doesn't seem to have any noticeable difficult turning problems.
I want to replace the passenger LCA before dropping $$$ on a new subframe. OEM passenger LCA is about $185.
Does anyone know if there is aftermarket, better, LCA out there? I've done some online research and haven't found anything.
Attached are images of the torn LCA bushing and the corresponding witness mark.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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