Wishbones - with a twist ?

[jouquesy]

Got my 4.2 Cerb in for a service at the moment and got a call about the front wishbones. Apparently they are both twisted but each exactly the same. There are three explanations that I can think of.

1) Both wheels have had a good knock - e.g. Sleeping policeman - But to hit a speed bump with that force in my car would result in so much other damage as it is very low - so I do not go for that (plus I know that I have not had a big thump like that).

2) There is a flaw in the wishbones.

3) They have been deliberately setup like this.

Now I love the setup on my car. It drives as if on rails and I will not do anything to upset that. So my question is - Does anyone know why someone would deliberately twist wishbones? No-one I have spoken to has a clue. I do not want to replace them if there is a ligitimate reason why this would be done.

Thanks in advance




>>> Edited by jouquesy on Thursday 27th January 20:59

[SXS]

Quite a few manufacturers do use the heated and twisted method on tie-rod ends for more clearance...
Never heard of the method used on the wishbone itself, unless they were replacements that didnt clear and went through the same heat-twist process...
If the coating is still on them through the angles then this was a deliberate job and I would not mess with it... but if the coating has ripped apart, then you could very well have damaged wishbones... but to my knowledge, wishbones normally crack before they bend after years of abuse, unless the damage took place early - but again you can tell this by looking at the coating on them... unless they werent coated, which I believe TVR usually didnt coat wishbones, dont know if they changed that policy now...
I wasnt aware that TVR did something like this, unless yours was a one-off development... can you take pictures and put them up for us to see?