Hey Guys and Girls , i have a 2005 Acura TL so long story short . I had an alignment done about a month ago, a week later i hit a pretty big Pot Hole coming home from work and It bent a Wheel . A buying a new set of wheels and having them align and balance again Big Brand Tires told my rack n pinion was leaking and they were not able to get the steering wheel straight , it will drift to the right a bit. Camber on the left front driver tires is -1.1 off of spec. I decided to have A new Rack n Pinion installed along with a Power steering pump. I took it to get align again at big brand tires to find out that they still were not able to get it in spec and they tell me they are not sure why they can't. it is still -1.1 camber on the front left driver tire and is still drifting right but now a bit of a wobble or vibration on the steering wheel.

Any idea what it can be ? maybe axel ? or can the sub frame be bent? this has cost me over $1k and i am still in square one . any help will be appreciated
i will post pics of alignment tomorrow morning. thanks again in advance

 

you need to figure out what is bent or what is "frozen"

if camber arm is "frozen" or stuck, it needs to be replaced.
if something is bent or broken, it needs to be replaced.
a subframe can def. be bent.

 

checking on the sub frame for deformation/ bend.

 

i looked last night and it docent look like anything is obviously bent
subframe seems ok nothing that stood out.

 

i might have to take it in again and have some one look at it .

 

Does any one know if there is a proper way to see if the Control Arm Assembly is bad?

 

I assume the left front wheel was the one that hit the pothole?

Post the alignment sheet from the shop.

The vibration COULD be a bad axle/ axle joint.

99% sure something is bent. You might need to take it somewhere else where Bubba isn't the one doing the alignment and who has a clue what to look for.

 

you most likely blew out your lower ball joint and LCA bent. those will go before the sub-frame does

 

 

i just ordered a LCA from auto zone will arrive tomorrow i hope thats it.

 

Your left front camber is only out of spec by 0.1....

Is something still bent? Maybe, maybe not. I'd probably address the vibration issue first.

Not sure I'd start with replacing the LCA... but as long as you're there, you should have them go ahead and press in some PCI compliance bushings

 

yeah its not dramatic , but the steering won't line up again it pulls to the right with the vibration. ....and PCI bushing will be good if i hadn't spent over 1k

 

oem?