Joey Joe Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 The passenger side wheel on my 90 loyale is ever so slightly taco'd. I have replaced everything except since the incident that could have been bent except the spring/shocks I am not sure the correct term. It is the long tube with a coil spring that the knuckle slips in to. Could this be the peice that is making it taco slightly. It is just barely taco'd I had to sit and look at it from all sorts of angles a bunch of times to come to the conclusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundeye Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Are you talking about toe-in or camber, perhaps? Explain what your wheel looks like compared to the other one. A "taco'd" rim is one that has been folded over onto inself from a violent force as seen on bad bike/motorcycle wrecks and looks like a taco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Joe Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Taco'd is fairly relative isnt it. The bottom part of the tire is angled slightly toward the car and the top part is slightly away. I am talking less then an inch off of perfect though, but it is still there. Just remembered the part is a strut and I am going to get one from aaron's auto wrecking tomarrow. It is the only peice I havent replaced on the entire passenger front end and the frame is not bent so I think this is the problem. How hard of a job is replacing the strut? Any tips I should know. Thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northguy Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Is it a bald taco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Joe Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 yeah, it is bald on the outside due to the angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyale 2.7 Turbo Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Front or rear? If its the front, then yes... chances are your strut (that rod thingy with a spring on top) is bent. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Is it a bald taco? Thanks Matt. Coffee on my keyboard now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daeron Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Is it a bald taco? yah that was bad... but back on-topic, if you have replaced the tei-rod ends and havent had it professionally aligned, it CAN produce the effect of changing you camber, which is the odd angling effect you are describing on your wheels. when the car sits, parked with the steering wheel dead centered, both wheels should have a slight "toe-in" at the front. this is changed by adjusting the length that the tie-rod end is screwed onto the tie-rod. This is the only alignment aspect that can be changed on the front axle of an ea-82, or at least the loyale series. What you are describing is the camber, which is only capable of being changed by damaged componentry.. BUT severely out of whack toe-in can also have the effect of changing the camber of the wheels. I found this out changing the tierod ends on my GL10, but i had the opposite issue.. tops of wheels were pointed in. my problem was excessive toe-out, maybe yours is toed in too far on both sides? you DEFINITELY need a professional alignment after changing the tie-rod ends, and i assume from what you said that you have. if not, then i guess bent tie rod ends would cause toe-in.. and could change the camber (theoretically) check into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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