Hi

I have a 2003 Mini Cooper and Today I took the wheels off for the first time to change the Pads and Disc's .

I noticed that the inner rim of the front nearside wheel , is nearly touching the strut , I checked them both and the front offside Inner rim is 10mm from the side of the strut and the front nearside rim is 3mm .

I can not figure out how that can be , the Hub and strut are fixed in place , so whatever you do you can not alter that angle , offcource the , Camber and Castor can be altered and tracking , but none them will effect the angle of strut to Hub .

I am racking my brains here Folks can anyone shed any light on this !! .
just a note I swapped the front wheels around and the gap,of both remain the same .

cheers

spike

 

When is the last time you have done an alignment?

If it has been more than a year or more than 5000 miles then go to an alignment specialty shop and they can check your suspension for any problems. Sometimes your suspension gets bent and off specs.