Camaro7890

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I have recently replaced the factory bushings/w new bushings in my rear lower control arms. Installed them and now the rear end seems crooked by roughly half an inch to the right.
Has anyone else had this issue? I dont know if the axle was sitting perfect before this, but after doing the job i was checking things out and theres something not right.
The car seems to drive ok, but am i going to damage anything or chew up my tires quickly?
Id rather not have to buy adj lca since i just spent money on bushings for the factory lca's. Im hoping there's an easy fix to this i don't know about.. any help/ideas would be welcomed!!

leadfoot4

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Not sure of what you mean by "crooked". Could you post a picture?

Camaro7890

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Sorry for the late reply.

What I mean by crooked is the right tire is closer to the front inner fender well than the left, and farther away from the rear side if the fender well. There is about a 0.5'' or more in gap from left rear tire to right rear tire. Will try and post pics tomorrow.
I really dont understand why/how this happened but the more i think about it, im thinking i wasted money on redoing the stock bushings.

02TransAm/Batmobile

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Was the car supported by the rear end or by the frame?

leadfoot4

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Has the car been lowered?

sjsingle1

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measure the LCAs ........make sure that each one has the same eye to eye ( center of the bushing ) measurement

TA_Freak

Does it damage the LCA bushings if they're torqued down unloaded ... or cause the condition that the OP has described ... as well as thrust angle problems?

02TransAm/Batmobile

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Poly/rubber calls for torquing to 90 ft/lbs when the rear end is supported.

http://bmrsuspension.com/siteart/ins...-BODY_LCA5.pdf

Spartan7

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Is the rest of the suspension hooked up, i.e. panhard bar and torque arm? There is no adjustment in the LCA mounting points, the only way your rear end could be crooked is if one of the LCA's is physically shorter, or frame damage. Or if you left off some suspension components and the rear end is tilted.

leadfoot4

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The LCA bolts should be torqued with the suspension loaded. If not, it may cause the bushings to temporarily bind until they're able to rotate themselves into the proper position, which may take a few miles. It may also shorten the life of the bushings, because they'll have to do a lot of twisting, while the car settles to its ride height.

However, it shouldn't cause any issues with thrust angle, once the car has "settled".