Hey guys I had an accident a few days ago. I bent my front passenger LCA and I found out today that I bent my spindle. I replaced everything but now the bolt for the lower ball joint is scraping into my rotor. I can not figure it out. Please help me HT I've always counted on you guys for answers!

 

you cant bent that dust sheild away from the rotor? did you mess the hub up?

 

How much are you lowered? The lower you are, the closer that lower ball joint gets to the brake disc/dust shield.

 

it's pretty low but it's just as low as it was before the accident now it touches... I replaced the hub and everything

 

looks like your up right is bent.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisw85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How much are you lowered? The lower you are, the closer that lower ball joint gets to the brake disc/dust shield.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have NEVER seen this happen, my car at one point was very low

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed_93_hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks like your up right is bent.

i have NEVER seen this happen, my car at one point was very low</TD></TR></TABLE>


yes neither have i and we've had a few cars almost on the ground.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by projectTeG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you cant bent that dust sheild away from the rotor??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Try doing this first. If that doesn't work, you could try removing your dust shield to see if that gives you just enough clearance to stop the rubbing. It's possible to remove the dust shield without taking off the hub, but if you still want to keep the shield in one piece to be reused then the hub must come off.