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Fiat 126 Chat => Fiat 126 Mechanical Problem Solving => Topic started by: DannyPancho on November 08, 2017, 08:54:43 AM
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I noticed this a little while ago but for some reason never decided to sort it out, when the OSF wheel is pointing straight, the NSF wheel is not, it has a slight turn on it.
When the NSF is straight, the OSF has a little turn to it...
any ideas what this could be?
bad alignment, bent tie rods...??
any help is greatly appreciated!
cheers, Dan
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You need your tracking realigning. A quick trip to your local tyre factors will sort that out for you :thumbup
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Ah thankyou thats definitely the better outcome of the two :P
I have another issue also;
One wheel arch has a smaller diameter to the other and it is causing the outer edge of the tyre to rub on it, what could i do about this??
Thanks again ;D
Dan
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You could roll the arch which flattens the inside lip on the arch up giving a bit more clearance, there's plenty of tutorials on YT :)
What size tyres are you running? They might be either to tall, or too wide :P
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Yeah i was thinking that might be an option ::) would rolling change the external look of the arch?
I have 165/55r13's, funniky enough its only one wheel runbing so i know its not the tyres :P
The arch itself does kinda look like its been filled in an attempt to make it the same as the other side, maybe grind it back and see whats underneath :P
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If you lightly roll it, it shouldn't change the outer look of the arch- it'll just flatten out the lip, it's probably full of filler though so I'd try knocking on the wings/doors etc and seeing if they sound the same before you start rolling etc :)
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I have followed your advice and its worked for me thanks! I now have about 7mm gap between tyre and arch... enough to get it to a garage anyway :P