Skull Leader

Well, my ABS locked up because of the damn module totally dying and I smacked a curb, mooshing my rim and something else. My drivers side wheel looks like this
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when the steering wheel is straight, passengers wheel is like this
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Not that bad, but off alignment very noticebly. I was able to drive home like a mile, it was like running with a cracked kneecap. Close inspection showed nothing out of the ordinary, spindle looks fine, Corvette rotor spins freely. I can only guess a tie rod adjustment is the best way to get Skull-1 to a tire place to A. get tires mounted (might as well get em all) and B. get things properly checked out without flatbed towing. I have not yet had a chance to bust out the jackstands to really take a look.

RE AND CHERYL

Just inspect the suspension and get an alignment. You should probably replace the spindle too.

Re'

OBE1 95Z28

To get it to a shop, loosen the jam nut on the passenger side tie rod and rotate the tie rod until you get the wheels near parallel. You can use a long rod, board or tape measurer and measure the distance of the front tires across the width of the car to get a rough toe in measurement. Pick a feature on the tires (i.e. a tread groove) and measure the distance to that point from the back side of the front tires and then from the front side of the tires.

Camaro_Guru16NY

Or you could hit a curb again to try and straighten it out... lol jus kidding..


Definately check to see if anything is broken and take it to alighnment shop

Skull Leader

Do I need a picklefork or somethin to take the tie rod off? Thanks for any advice.

OBE1 95Z28

You don't need to remove the tie rod to adjust it. The inner tie rod rotates as it has a ball joint on one end is threaded on the other end. The inner tie rod has a hex shaft; once the jam nut is loosened, rotate the inner tie rod to adjust the length.

Skull Leader

Once again, I'm stumped. I can't get the damn nut to break free. Any ideas?

OBE1 95Z28

On one side the nut will be a reverse thread. If it's just frozen, let it soak in some PB Blaster.

Camaro_Guru16NY

get out the torches