hey ive watched alot of your videos and you have helped me out alot over the years. I've been working on a 2002 chevy trailblazer and ive replaced most of the suspension on it. first i replaced (on the passenger side) shocks, axle, axle actuator housing,and the rack and pinion. everything was fine i just needed to get an alignment, but i did see that the lower control arm bracket needed to be replaced. so i pulled it back in and got to work. when i finished the lower control arm though i put it in reverse and it did want to go. i looked and the caliper is touching the inside rim and it didn't have that problem beforehand. Do you have any idea why that is? i know this is random but any information on this would be extremely helpful. Thank you for your time.
Daniel Hosins
So when you were working on the suspension, I'm thinking something on that strut / axel is loose and not tightened enough. Maybe didnt show when the truck was lifted, but in moving, the pressure was placed and the wheel hub assembly is being pushed toward the tire?
Can you post pictures please?? hard to imagine how the caliper ended up touching the rim
@hellocivicbyecavalier
Sorry i was still working on it and its not the caliper but the knuckle thats touching heres a picture
@hellocivicbyecavalier
I cant add the picture it said the file is too big
when you say knuckle - do you mean the part where the steering rod connects?
@hellocivicbyecavalier
No the top was touching. I thought because i just tighten the upper control arm all the way before dropping the car and the tightening all the way. So i just redid that and things are better the truck goes back and forth just fine now i just cant turn it because its caughting somewhere. Im gonna just start over and hopefully get it right this time. Thank you so much for answering my questions. Ill let you know what i came up with when i get everything back together.
@hellocivicbyecavalier
So i put everything back together and the problem still exists. I called a buddy of mine who has alot experience to come take a look. When we where looking i noticed that the motor it sitting on an angle and the driver side mount is missing the nuts that hold it in place. Im going to take the ds axle out and jacking up the motor and put new nuts in to see if that fixes it. Do you think this could work?